---
title: "Check the opened professional rules before a generative tool is used on planning advice"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/check-qls-ai-guidance-before-ai-use-in-planning-advice/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A12-B8-3-US"
practice_area: "Planning & Environment"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check the opened professional rules before a generative tool is used on planning advice

> Record whether the matter file would be entered into a tool that discloses it, and whether a lawyer will read every citation and every ordinance section the tool names before anything is sent or filed. Write no advice.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Planning & Environment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Record whether the matter file would be entered into a tool that discloses it, and whether a lawyer will read every citation and every ordinance section the tool names before anything is sent or filed. Write no advice. |
| What the lawyer must review | The Queensland guidance named in the Australian task was not opened and is not a United States rule. ABA Formal Opinion 512 and Model Rule 1.6 are the opened professional rules: verify generative output, and do not reveal information relating to the representation by entering it into a tool that discloses it without informed consent or an exception. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 applies when a pleading, written motion, or other paper is presented to a court. Signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it certifies an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, that legal contentions are warranted, and that factual contentions have evidentiary support or are specifically identified as likely to have it after a reasonable opportunity for investigation or discovery. You apply those rules before planning advice is sent or a paper is filed. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check QLS AI guidance before AI use in planning advice](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/check-qls-ai-guidance-before-ai-use-in-planning-advice.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Record whether the matter file would be entered into a tool that discloses it, and whether a lawyer will read every citation and every ordinance section the tool names before anything is sent or filed. Write no advice.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Rule 11 applies to papers presented to a court. It is not a rule for an internal research note that is never filed.
- No state bar generative-tool opinion was opened for this task. Do not substitute one from memory.

## Sources

- [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 1.6, 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)
- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (signing papers and representations to the court)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_11) (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.*