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Lee and Johnson Co-Author Article on AI-Generated Content Treated as ESI

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January 21, 2026
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New Orleans

Andy Lee, a partner and co-leader of the privacy, data strategy, and artificial intelligence team, and DJ Johnson, an associate on the commercial disputes team, co-authored the article "When ChatGPT Meets the Legal Hold: Federal Courts Rewrite Preservation Rules for the AI Era" published by Corporate Counsel on December 9, 2025. In the article, Andy and DJ discuss how AI-generated content, including prompts, outputs, and metadata, may now be treated as electronically stored information (ESI) and preserved immediately once litigation is reasonably anticipated following two recent federal rulings.

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    Sheldon “D.J.” Johnson
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    Andrew R. Lee
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    Emailalee@joneswalker.com

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