Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are transforming industries, creating significant opportunities alongside complex legal, regulatory, and operational risks. Companies must navigate evolving requirements relating to data use, privacy, transparency, ethics, and accountability, while managing potential liability and protecting valuable intellectual property.

At the same time, businesses face challenges in commercializing AI solutions, structuring agreements for AI-enabled products and services, and integrating AI into legacy systems and workflows. Organizations must also address heightened scrutiny from regulators and stakeholders as global frameworks governing AI continue to develop.

Additionally, intellectual property challenges are particularly pronounced in the AI space. Companies must address questions surrounding the eligibility of AI-generated content for IP protection, ownership of outputs produced using third-party AI tools, and the legal risks associated with training models on third party materials. Organizations developing or deploying AI must implement robust IP capture and risk mitigation strategies that are prepared for a quickly changing landscape.

Snell & Wilmer’s Artificial Intelligence group provides strategic, business-focused counsel to clients navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape. We work with clients to identify and mitigate these risks while enabling innovation – providing practical, forward-looking advice across the full lifecycle of AI development, deployment, and use. We represent innovators, technology companies, investors, and enterprises integrating AI into their operations, delivering practical guidance that aligns legal strategy with business objectives.

We represent a diverse range of clients across the AI ecosystem, including:

• Technology companies developing AI platforms, models, and applications
• Emerging growth companies and venture-backed startups
• Established enterprises deploying AI to enhance products, services, and operations
• Investors, private equity firms, and venture capital funds
• Companies in data-driven industries such as healthcare, financial services, consumer products, and media

Our experience spans advising clients involved in building AI systems, implementing AI solutions, operating data infrastructure, and commercializing AI-driven products and services across global markets.

Practical, Business-Oriented Counsel: Clients select Snell & Wilmer for our practical, business-oriented approach to complex AI matters. We focus on understanding each client’s technology, operations and strategic goals, enabling us to deliver tailored guidance that supports innovation while managing risk.

Coordinated, Responsive Service: Our multidisciplinary team combines experience across technology, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, and litigation to help clients address the complex challenges presented by AI technologies, including machine learning and large language models. Our attorneys work efficiently and collaboratively to address the full spectrum of AI-related legal issues, offering clear, actionable advice that clients can implement with confidence.