---
title: "Log competitor contacts for a clean-team review"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/extract-competitor-contacts-and-meeting-notes-into-a-clean-team-log/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A29-A20260923-2-US"
practice_area: "Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Log competitor contacts for a clean-team review

> Log the date, the people, the firms and the topic stated in the notes of each competitor contact. Write no conclusion about whether the contact was lawful.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/extract-competitor-contacts-and-meeting-notes-into-a-clean-team-log/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Log the date, the people, the firms and the topic stated in the notes of each competitor contact. Write no conclusion about whether the contact was lawful. |
| What the lawyer must review | Sherman Act § 1 is the statute on contracts, combinations and conspiracies in restraint of trade. A log of who met is not a conclusion that the meeting restrained trade. The January 2025 FTC and DOJ worker guidelines say firms can compete for workers even when they do not sell the same product, and that the agencies look at substance rather than the form of a protocol. Those guidelines are not a judgment in this matter. Opinion 512 and Model Rule 1.6: do not put the notes into a public tool. You decide what, if anything, to tell the client about the contacts. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Extract competitor contacts and meeting notes into a clean-team log](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/extract-competitor-contacts-and-meeting-notes-into-a-clean-team-log.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Log the date, the people, the firms and the topic stated in the notes of each competitor contact. Write no conclusion about whether the contact was lawful.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A clean-team protocol in the file is not itself a defence. You read what was actually exchanged.
- Do not call a meeting lawful or unlawful from the log.

## Sources

- [15 U.S.C. § 1, Sherman Act section 1](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [FTC and DOJ, Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers (January 2025)](https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/p251201antitrustguidelinesbusinessactivitiesaffectingworkers2025.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Competitor contact and information-sharing protocol (trade associations, joint ventures, benchmarking and clean teams)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/competitor-contact-information-sharing-protocol.md) | Policy | Yellow | Protocol for staff who deal with competitors: what must never be discussed or exchanged, rules for industry association meetings and benchmarking, a clean-team procedure for deal or joint venture… |
| [US clean team and information exchange protocol](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/us-clean-team-protocol.md) | Policy | Yellow | A company protocol for who may see a competitor's information during a transaction or a collaboration. It does not decide that an exchange is lawful. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*