Artificial Intelligence
Law Center
Given the hype around artificial intelligence and the expectations for it to be widely used, it is important to understand the legal implications of these new technologies. Our cross-practice team is closely monitoring the evolution and continued development of AI, including the legal implications and business impacts. This resource center will remain updated with the latest information and insights from our team.
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AI Toolkit – Your Resource for a Strong AI Foundation
Available on demand, our AI Toolkit is designed to help companies in any industry address the strategic, legal, ethical, regulatory, and governance considerations raised by AI and establish a strong foundation for AI governance within their organizations.
AI Law and Business
This comprehensive treatise offers a forward-looking perspective on how US and international laws are adapting as AI continues to evolve at an extraordinary pace.
AI and the Next Frontier: Understanding What’s Ahead
Learn proactive steps leaders can take to position their companies and their people for AI success in the year ahead, inlcluding:
- Summaries of AI’s implications across business and transactions, privacy and cybersecurity, IP, antitrust and consumer protection, employment, healthcare and insurance
- Governance and policy considerations to guide AI use within your organization and effectively engage in the regulatory process
- Practical breakdowns of AI technology, risks and organizational responsibilities to help deepen your understanding and plan for the future
Digital Infrastructure
Our Digital Infrastructure team is here to help you through the unique challenges and opportunities within AI that digital infrastructure and communications network providers face. We help developers, operators, and investors build digital connectivity and infrastructure to take advantage of the transformative opportunities. With more than three decades of combined experience, our lawyers understand the important role hardware, software, connectivity, data centers, and power play in these transactions. Learn more about how we can power your digital infrastructure goals.
AI in healthcare
Stay up to date on the state of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare with our AI in Healthcare resource center. Designed to help you maximize the value of data and AI with an eye toward compliance in this rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, we’ve compiled key resources from legislative and executive bodies, government agencies, and industry stakeholders around the world in one convenient place so you can stay current on these important issues and actively shape the AI policy landscape.
Past industry events
- Key takeaways | AI Governance and Security Assessment Workshop, New York, NY
- The AI Advantage: How Private Markets Are Redefining Operations, Webinar
- Key Takeaways | AI in the Workplace: How State Laws Impact Employers, Webinar
- AI: The Next Level | ABA 50th National Conference on Professional Responsibility, Arlington, VA
- Copyrights and AI: Recent Guidance for Protecting Your Works, Webinar
- Getting in Sync With Health Tech: Attacking AI Paralysis, Webinar
- The Human’s Guide to Acquiring/Selling AI Companies: So What’s So Different?, Dallas, TX
- Enterprise AI Adoption: Best Practices and Top Considerations for Scaling AI Within Your Business, New York, NY
- Key Takeaways | AI and the Next Frontier: Understanding What’s Ahead for Insurance, Webinar
- AI is Here to Stay: How Legal Departments Can Prepare, Chicago, IL
- McDermottTECH 2022, Munich, Germany
New executive order shifts US AI policy toward national security, June 9, 2026
New York’s synthetic performer disclosure law: What advertisers need to know, June 9, 2026
Illinois advances frontier AI transparency and audit requirements, June 8, 2026
From data to deals: AI’s impact on life sciences investing, June 2026
Colorado AI law in flux: Comprehensive replacement bill signed after federal court blocks predecessor’s enforcement, May 27, 2026
State regulation of algorithmic and AI-driven pricing: Implications for healthcare companies, May 6, 2026
Ready, set, press pause: Legal risks and best practices to implement before recording with an AI scribe, March 27, 2026
Artificial Intelligence: Stay Ahead of the Curve
Using AI without waiving privilege: Lessons from United States v. Heppner, February 19, 2026
Regulation of cryptoassets in the UK reaches the final stage, February 12, 2026
FDA loosens the reins: New AI and wearables guidance, January 12, 2026
A smarter approach to evaluating AI life sciences investments, December 18, 2025
White House executive order moves to restrict state AI legislation, December 16, 2025
EU proposes sweeping reforms to the GDPR, cookie rules, Data Act, and breach reporting, November 24, 2025
White House releases “America’s AI Action Plan,” July 25, 2025
State laws on AI hiring tools persist after One Big Beautiful Bill Act, July 15, 2025
No sate AI law moratorium in One Big Beautiful Bill Act, July 8, 2025
Anthropic and Meta fair use rulings on AI model training, June 27, 2025
House Budget Reconciliation Bill Would Delay State AI Regulation, June 10, 2025
Colorado Fails to Amend Groundbreaking AI Law: What Happened and What’s Next, May 15, 2025
Risk Management in the Modern Era of Workplace Generative AI, May 8, 2025
Market Update: Investments in Healthcare Education on the Rise, May 6, 2025
Short of Human: Preparing for Market Manipulation Risks of Generative AI, April 23, 2025
California AG Issues Two AI Legal Advisories, February 5, 2025
AI and the Law: Emerging Trends in Enforcement, December 19, 2024
Hospitals and Health Systems Summit 2024: Session Recaps | AI in Action: Transforming Health Systems Through Innovation, October 16, 2024
Texas AG’s Landmark AI Settlement: A Wake-Up Call for Health Tech & AI Companies, September 27, 2024
AI Takeover: PTO Issues More Patent Eligibility Guidance for AI Inventions, July 25, 2024
State Regulators Address Insurers’ Use of AI: 11 States Adopt NAIC Model Bulletin, June 4, 2024
How the Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act Impacts Health Professionals, April 23, 2024
New Guidance Addresses Use of AI Systems, Tools in Practice Before the PTO, April 18, 2024
The Impact of the New EU AI Act on the Medtech and Life Sciences Sector, April 15, 2024
FDA Charts Course for Regulating AI Used in Medical Products, April 10, 2024
The AI Act: The EU’s Bid to Set the Global Standard for AI Regulation, March 13, 2024
FCC Requires Consent for AI-Generated Cloned Voice Calls, February 13, 2024
NYDFS Issues Proposed Guidance on AI and External Consumer Data Use, January 30, 2024
World’s first Artificial Intelligence Regulations Established – Council and Parliament Reach Historic Accord on Pioneering Artificial Intelligence Act, December 11, 2023
Author or Algorithm: Recent Developments at the Intersection of Generative AI and Copyright Law, September 14, 2023
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: What’s the Impact?, July 31, 2023
ChatGPT: A GDPR-Ready Path Forward?, April 21, 2023
AI Advertising: The FTC Prepares for Battle, March 7, 2023
McDermott Will & Schulte recognized as a Most Innovative Law Firm in North America finalist by Financial Times, Financial Times, October 14, 2025
The ‘AI Action Plan’ creates new challenges for corporate governance, Law.com, August 13, 2025
AI literacy in the EU and UK: Legal obligations vs. evolving expectations, August 1, 2025
Three McDermott attorneys wrote the book on AI, law and business, and it’s called “AI Law and Business”, Law.com, July 18, 2025
McDermott partners author new legal treatise AI Law and Business, July 15, 2025
Union’s AI Vader Charge Offers Reminder of Looming Risks, Law360, May 29, 2025
Navigating Energy Needs for Increased AI Demand, Industry Today, March 4, 2025
EU: Understanding the Interplay Between the AI Act and Machinery Regulation, OneTrust DataGuidance, September, 2024
4 State AI Bills to Watch in 2nd Half of 2024, Law360, July 10, 2024
Federal Communications Commission Requires Consent for Artificial Intelligence–Generated Cloned Voice Calls, The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law, July 10, 2024
Can Chatbot Interactions Lead to Enforceable Contracts?, Law360, May 21, 2024
EU AI Act: Enforcement Insights and Guidance for Businesses, April 12, 2024
Copyright Chaos: Legal Implications of Generative AI, Bloomberg Law, March 2023
United States
- Summary: On February 20, 2024, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced the creation of a bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The task force consists of 24 members representing key committees of jurisdiction, with 12 appointed by each party leader. It will be jointly led by Chair Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Co-Chair Ted Lieu (D-CA) and, according to the announcement, is tasked with producing a comprehensive report that will include guiding principles, forward-looking recommendations and bipartisan policy proposals developed in consultation with committees of jurisdiction. Obernolte also specified in the announcement that the report is expected to detail the regulatory standards and congressional actions needed to both protect consumers and foster continued investment and innovation in AI. The timing of the report was not specified.
United States
- Summary: The US Department of Commerce announced three actions it is taking to implement President Biden’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development of AI (EO). First, the department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released four draft publications, including draft guidance documents, intended to improve the safety, security and trustworthiness of AI systems. Second, NIST launched NIST GenAI, a challenge series to support development of methods to distinguish between human-produced and AI-produced content. Third, the department’s US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a request for public comment on how AI could affect whether an invention is patentable under US law due to changes in how the level of ordinary skills in the arts are evaluated. Read the full Department of Commerce announcement.