TX-ND -- Recent Changes
N.D. Tex. — The current N.D.
The current N.D. Tex. Local Civil Rules took effect September 2, 2025. The most notable addition is a mandatory AI disclosure requirement for briefs.
Effective Date: September 2, 2025. The court's annual local rules amendment cycle runs: November 1 (deadline for proposals) -> April 1 (proposed modifications distributed for public comment) -> June 1 (deadline for public comment) -> July 1 (formal adoption) -> September 1 (effective).
Key New Provision -- LR 7.2(f): Disclosure of Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Added effective September 2, 2025:
'(1) A brief prepared using generative artificial intelligence must disclose this fact on the first page under the heading "Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence." If the presiding judge so directs, the party filing the brief must disclose the specific parts prepared using generative artificial intelligence.
(2) "Generative Artificial Intelligence" means a computer tool (whether referred to as "Generative Artificial Intelligence" or by another name) that is capable of generating new content (such as images and text) in response to a submitted prompt (such as a query) by learning from a large reference database of examples.
(3) A party who files a brief that does not contain the disclosure required by subsection (f)(1) of this rule certifies that no part of the brief was prepared using generative artificial intelligence.'
Practical note: The disclosure goes on the first page of the brief itself -- not in a certificate of service or cover page. Non-disclosure operates as an affirmative certification that no generative AI was used in preparing the brief. The rule covers the brief; it does not expressly cover motions, responses, or other court filings that are not styled as briefs.