Legal Hold

A legal hold is an obligation to preserve all potentially relevant documents and data when litigation is reasonably anticipated or has commenced. Organizations must implement legal holds to prevent the destruction of evidence, even if standard data retention policies would normally delete such information. This process is critical for AI governance because machine learning models, training datasets, and decision logs may become evidence in regulatory investigations or lawsuits, requiring careful preservation protocols.

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Corporate PolicyUS2026-09-14

ChatGPT Prompt Logs Became Discoverable Evidence in the 3M Case

Litigation arising from the Watson Grinding explosion produced more than 350 pages of ChatGPT interaction history from a retained engineering expert. One prompt directed the model to assign zero fault to 3M. The case establishes that AI prompt histories can become discoverable evidence in U.S. courts, expanding the compliance perimeter for records management and legal hold programs.

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