Artificial Intelligence Law

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transforming the way companies operate. No industry is exempt from the benefits of progress in this field, but to succeed, businesses need seasoned counsel who can seize opportunities while understanding the strategic and legal implications for today and tomorrow.

Our team regularly collaborates with entities investing in, developing, or deploying natural language processing, logical inferencing, artificial neural networks, machine perception, and other cutting-edge technologies.

How We Can Help: End-to-End AI Legal Services for Regulated Industries

We are more than a service provider. Our artificial intelligence law firm also serves as a life cycle partner for highly regulated sectors like health care, manufacturing, and energy. We can support you throughout the stages of AI adoption, from developing guidance that aligns with AI laws and regulations to assisting in litigation matters related to AI. 

Strategic AI Governance & Compliance

Before you invest in or deploy AI tools, you should consult with a law firm that has experience with artificial intelligence. Our attorneys offer support to proactively address potential risks and focus on aligning your AI plan with industry-specific requirements, such as those of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Risk Assessment & Best Practice Guidance

Conducting in-depth risk assessments and evaluating the usage of AI tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and others. Reviewing existing information security policies and providing best practice recommendations to mitigate risks arising from the misuse of AI tools and resulting breaches.

Labor & Employment

Providing appropriate messaging around the use of AI solutions and assessing short and long-term changes resulting from the use of AI tools, including monitoring for compliance with corporate policies, providing training, and performing periodic audits to evaluate the impact across different teams and demographics.

Vendor & Tool Assessments

Helping discern which AI tools are safe to use. Risks include adopting tools with no protections or assurances for confidentiality, weak security protocols susceptible to hacking, using tools from vendors who may themselves not be fully compliant with all relevant laws, or vendors who do not provide sufficient after-sales support.

Contract Review & Data Usage

Reviewing existing agreements to address the usage of client data for training of vendor systems or for the vendor to improve its own systems and processes. Modifying template agreements to provide for protections stemming from the use of generative AI tools, including intellectual property protections.

Copyright

Providing guidance on copyright-related liability to clients regarding the use of output from generative AI models. Many AI models have been trained on third-party data without appropriate authorization or consent from copyright owners, resulting in potential downstream liability to end users of such models.

Governance

Counseling clients on establishing and implementing governance frameworks based on the client’s industry, AI governance law, and corporate culture. These frameworks enable companies to safely develop, deploy, and use AI solutions while remaining compliant with regulations and mitigating risks.

AI in High-Stakes Corporate Transactions

We can assist with mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital deals involving AI.

Due Diligence

Conducting due diligence on potential investments and deals involving AI technologies by identifying potential risks stemming from the development, deployment, and use of AI models, including evaluation for compliance with regulations.

Technology Valuation

Our attorneys for artificial intelligence can help you determine the value of tools, including diving into intellectual property (IP) in artificial intelligence and determining whether a platform is truly proprietary. We can also assess the quality and lineage of training data to determine if it was trained on protected or plagiarized data.

Risk Allocation

Our firm moves beyond standard legal compliance clauses to include specific warranties covering AI-related areas, such as data provenance and open-source license compliance. We can also design tailored indemnity or escrow arrangements to address risks such as copyright class action or product liability claims.

AI-Related Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Following AI adoption, we can support organizations facing litigation or disputes. As an artificial intelligence and IP law firm, we take theory and transform it into courtroom-ready strategies in cases involving copyright and IP. We can also help with commercial and trade secret disputes, offering support in instances such as vendor disputes arising from breach-of-contract claims. Our practice area also extends to class action defense, where we represent clients on issues such as privacy in AI tools.

Why Trust Us for Artificial Intelligence Matters?

Within our Artificial Intelligence section, Natasha Allen, Chris Cain, Chanley Howell, and Chris McKenna serve as co-chairs. These artificial intelligence attorneys have written extensively on legal matters related to AI and have spoken about AI at various events. They have applied their insights in legal cases, such as representing AI companies in everything from new acquisitions to financing support.

Our AI team members combine their knowledge with our team of over 1,100 attorneys across 27 worldwide offices to provide broader perspectives on specific legal areas, such as IP, regulatory law, M&A, labor and employment, and cybersecurity. This approach offers holistic support for your legal matter.

Reach out for Legal Support

We bring the level of experience your artificial intelligence case requires, whether you’re looking to establish governance frameworks or facing AI litigation matters. Contact us to see what we can do for you.

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