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Debevoise Launches STAAR 2.0 to Help Clients Scale Their AI Adoption

By: Avi Gesser, Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Matt Kelly, Diane Bernabei, Melyssa Eigen, Joshua A. Goland, Kelvin Hawkins, Martha Hirst, Carl Lasker, Jeremy Liss, Amer Mneimneh, Joshua Plastrik, Achutha Raman, Jannely Rodriguez, Lily Schoen, Adam Shankman, Sharon Shaji, Ned Terrace, Stephanie Thomas, Michiko Wongso, Caroline Wallace, Ella Han, Devin Ford, Margot Mooney, Stan Gershengoren, Karen Levy, Carolyn Cecil, Thomas H. Fuell, Peter M. Neddo, Julius Mueller-Auffermann, Oleksiy Pikhmanets, Jinhee Ahn, Cierra Bakhsh, John Mark Ozaeta, William Sadd, Nithya Satiyaselan, Jonathan Schuman and Nicholas T. Ziebell March 9, 2026

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced the launch of STAAR 2.0, an enhanced version of its award-winning[1] client-facing AI platform designed to help in-house legal and compliance teams evaluate, govern, and…

Update: Judge Rakoff Issues Written Opinion that AI-Generated Documents Are Not Protected by Privilege

By: Avi Gesser, Charu A. Chandrasekhar and Caroline Wallace February 17, 2026

Last week, we wrote about a decision in which Judge Rakoff of the Southern District of New York denied the claim of defendant Bradley Heppner that documents prepared by Heppner…

SDNY Rules AI-Generated Documents Are Not Protected by Privilege

By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Avi Gesser and Caroline Wallace February 11, 2026

On February 10, 2026, Judge Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled from the bench that documents a client created using a commercial…