Artificial intelligence is changing the business and legal landscape at an incredibly fast pace. As technology continues to outpace law, it presents new challenges and new opportunities for a broad range of organizations. Steptoe's Artificial Intelligence (AI) group brings together a deep bench of lawyers from multiple practice areas that possess a diverse set of technical and legal skills.
Our AI group engages with organizations across sectors in counseling, regulatory response, government relations, litigation, and transactional matters. Our team advises and represents clients that develop AI technologies, as well as companies looking to understand and respond to a fast-evolving legal framework as they utilize these tools.
Steptoe lawyers act at the forefront of legal exposure for our clients in advising them on relevant legal frameworks around the globe, assisting them with commercial negotiations, or representing them in the context of legislative and executive law-making, regulatory drafting, implementation, enforcement, and inquiries, as well as in the context of litigation.
We advise and represent companies on the following issues:
- Intellectual property
- Data protection and privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Commercial licensing
- Corporate acquisitions, partnerships, and structuring
- Corporate governance and ethics guidance
- Internet law, third party liability, and content moderation
- Consumer protection
- International trade, compliance, and investment
- Regulatory
- Government affairs and public policy
- Commercial litigation and class action defense
- Antitrust/Competition
- Government contracts
- Insurance and reinsurance
- Tax
Representative Matters
- Advising developer of AI-driven sensors and drones in negotiating multiple prototyping and demonstration contracts, as well as on related intellectual property frameworks.
- Advising and counseling content companies in multiple industries protecting their intellectual property and data from and with AI companies and the ingestion and use of our clients' content.
- Advising clients on updating business terms of service as well as employee and third-party agreements with respect to AI and the use of AI in an organization.
- Assisting clients in licensing, business solutions and partnerships with AI companies.
- Advising organizations on the EU legal framework applicable to AI.
- Representing clients before policymakers to shape AI policy in global jurisdictions to protect consumers and clients from harmful AI outcomes.
- Advising pharmaceutical companies on AI-enabled drug discovery projects.
- Advising various autonomous driving and flight companies on US government contracts for the development of AI technology.
- Advising companies that operationalize AI for national security.
- Advising on US government national security concerns relating to ex-US investment in AI companies.
- Drafted and implemented AML and economic sanctions compliance programs for a variety of AI-based technology companies.
- Represented an aviation company in matters involving FAA regulation of unmanned aircrafts.
News & Publications
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New National Security Rules Targeting Personal Data to Have Significant Impact on AI Industry
March 14, 2024
Press Releases
Steptoe and Allied for Startups Join Forces to Support Startups with AI Act
December 11, 2023
Client Alerts
Biden Administration Issues Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
November 1, 2023
6G: A Step Beyond
AI Legal & Regulatory News Update—Week of 10/1/23
October 3, 2023
By: Andrew Golodny
6G: A Step Beyond
AI Legal & Regulatory News Update—Week of 9/24/23
September 28, 2023
By: Andrew Golodny
Client Alerts
AI Legal & Regulatory News Update—Week of 9/17/23
September 20, 2023
By: Andrew Golodny, Tod Cohen
6G: A Step Beyond
AI Legal & Regulatory News Update—Week of 9/17/23
September 19, 2023
By: Andrew Golodny