The court concluded that Claude was not an attorney and treated that fact as sufficient to defeat Heppner's attorney-client privilege claim.
In record Heppner AI privilege ruling: governed claim lifecycle (HEPPNER-LIFECYCLE-0001)
- Evidence / source references
- source:heppner:doc27, anchor:heppner:doc27:p5:claude-not-attorney
- Receipt reference
- sovereignty_receipt:heppner-public-proof.v0_1:revised
- Transition time
- 2026-07-12T00:00:00Z