Your Protective Order Wasn't Written for ChatGPT

A Texas judge just gave litigators something they’ve been asking for and something they’ve been dreading: a clear ruling that litigation-related ChatGPT conversations can qualify as work product, paired with a warning flare about protective orders that never anticipated generative AI. We walk through Tate Group Automotive v Legacy Automotive Capital from the Business Court of Texas and explain why the analysis isn’t really about what the AI “did,” but who used the tool, in what role, and for ...