Standing Order Prohibiting Electronic Recordings — 308th District Court — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF § § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS § § 308th JUDICIAL DISTRICT § STANDING ORDER PROHIBITING ELECTRONIC RECORDINGS IT IS ORDERED that, no person, other than the court reporter, may record a court proceeding without the Court’s express permission. This prohibition applies to all persons, including members of the public or media viewing or listening to court proceedings, whether in person or remotely. The Court Reporter’s record shall be the only record of the court proceeding. Any person found in violation of this order faces monetary sanctions and/or criminal contempt. Each violation of this order could result in a fine up to $500 and a sentence of confinement in the Harris County Jail for up to six (6) months. SIGNED on June 25, 2020. _____________________________ Gloria E. López Judge, 308th District Court
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Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.