Check a generated summary of a retirement plan against the plan documents
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Place each sentence of the generated summary next to the plan or summary-plan-description clause it refers to, and mark any sentence you have not compared. Do not rewrite the summary for a participant.
- What the lawyer must review
- A summary plan description must be written so the average participant can understand it, and must be sufficiently accurate and comprehensive to apprise participants and beneficiaries of their rights and obligations (29 U.S.C. § 1022(a)). A generated summary is not that document. Opinion 512 says you test the tool on a subset and compare the output with the source, and that you do not give a client unverified generated text. The fiduciary duties in § 1104 are yours when you explain the plan. Do not say what a court does if the summary and the plan differ. That question was not opened.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording and identifying points for review. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.