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NYC Bar Formal Opinion 2026-2: AI Recording of Calls With Non-Clients
New York City Bar Association Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, New York City Bar Association, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- The New York City Bar opinion on AI recording and transcription of calls that include people who are not clients, such as opposing counsel and witnesses. It sets a default of not recording.
- How much weight it carries
- Hosted on a legal-AI company's site, which summarizes the opinion. Read the bar's published opinion before relying on exact wording.
Facts taken from this source
- New York City Bar Formal Opinion 2026-2 says the default for AI recording of conversations with non-clients should be not to record, unless there is a good reason.
“the default should be not to record absent a good reason in a particular instance” (Recording of conversations)