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Daily Journal · Perspective · Friday, October 9, 2026

Nine questions to ask any AI vendor before Jan. 1.

California's new AI law puts attorneys on notice to scrutinize vendors' confidentiality, data access, verification and privilege protections before using generative AI for client work. The column as it ran, reprinted with the Daily Journal's permission.

By John M. Jensen, attorney at law (California)
The column

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The answers

The nine, answered in writing.

The column asks the questions. ClearlyConcise answers each of them on its own page: what the workspace does today, which outside party has verified it, and what is still owed. Read our answers to the nine →

What § 6068.1 requires by January 1, 2027 →