---
title: "Quote a partner's email question and the answer the email gives"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management/prepare-a-know-how-note-from-a-partner-s-email-advice/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "KM-B12-23-US"
practice_area: "Knowledge Management"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Quote a partner's email question and the answer the email gives

> Quote the question in the email and the answer the same email gives, and record the date and the sender's name as the email states them. Write no know-how note and no additional authority.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Knowledge Management](https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | Quote the question in the email and the answer the same email gives, and record the date and the sender's name as the email states them. Write no know-how note and no additional authority. |
| What the lawyer must review | You write the know-how note. The email is information relating to a representation. Model Rule 1.6(a) prohibits revelation unless the client gives informed consent, the disclosure is impliedly authorised, or paragraph (b) permits it. Paragraph (b) was not applied. ABA Formal Opinion 512 requires informed consent before the email is put into a tool that will not keep it confidential, and independent verification before a generated note is relied on. No privilege rule was opened, so this task does not say whether the email is privileged, and it does not strip the email for a wider audience. A note that adds a case, a statute, or a conclusion the email does not contain is your writing. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare a know-how note from a partner's email advice](https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management/prepare-a-know-how-note-from-a-partner-s-email-advice.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Quote the question in the email and the answer the same email gives, and record the date and the sender's name as the email states them. Write no know-how note and no additional authority.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not add a citation the email does not contain. A plausible authority is the hallucination risk Opinion 512 describes.
- Do not mark the email privileged or not privileged. No privilege rule was opened.

## Sources

- [ABA Model Rule 1.6, confidentiality of information](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information/) (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)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.1, competence](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/) (checked 2026-10-22)

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