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Financier's chatbot conversations not privileged, US judge rules

( February 17, 2026, 21:36 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The privilege afforded to attorney-client conversations and work product does not extend to financier Bradley Heppner's chatbot conversations, US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled. Heppner had sought privilege over 31 documents representing his conversations with Anthropic's Claude, in his pending fraud case in the Southern District of New York.See file attached. ...

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