Counsel holds the authority.
Model assistance and legal authority are kept apart. Answers apply only the policies and interpretations counsel has approved.
Data boundaries
Where your data sits and who can touch it.
- Tenant-scoped access. Company records are subject to tenant-scoped access controls, including database row-level policies.
- Role and recency checks. Employees access their own question threads. Legal decisions require authorized counsel and the applicable authentication checks.
Authority and provenance
A model can nominate a candidate. It cannot create authority.
Counsel puts a policy in effect after reviewing and approving its reading. A model may nominate guidance and identify supporting text. Its output and score are not permission to answer.
- Visible non-answers and submissions. Missing facts are asked for. Questions the policy does not settle are sent to your lawyers, and an employee can ask for a person instead.
What isn’t claimed.
How attorney-client privilege applies to AI-assisted communications depends on the circumstances and developing case law. Employees can seek, and company counsel can provide, legal advice through a channel designed for confidential communication and informed by recent decisions on AI and privilege.
Some questions require counsel's interpretation or additional policy material. You see those questions, so you can decide what to do about them.