Artificial Intelligence

We immerse ourselves in the array of opportunities and risks associated with AI‑powered technology to effectively and proactively advise our clients, including companies building AI, investing in AI and operationalizing AI at scale, with attention to model risk management (MRM), AI safety‑by‑design and responsible AI practices. We also represent boards and senior executives with respect to the complex and evolving legal and ethical landscapes in multiple business contexts. Our counsel draws from our highly regarded advisory, regulatory, transactional and litigation practice areas, enabling us to guide our clients as they harness AI‑powered technologies for business advantage.

Advisory

Companies, boards, executives, financial institutions and investors turn to Cravath for strategic counsel across core and specialty areas implicated by AI, including corporate governance, securities disclosure and controls, IP strategy for AI‑generated and AI‑assisted works, data licensing and access, and content moderation/rights management. We operate at the intersection of technology, law and policy, bringing practical, commercialization‑focused judgment to advise on AI integration into strategic growth and capitalization plans, including risk assessments, AI governance charters and cross‑border regulatory alignment.

Regulatory

Our team’s deep government experience informs pragmatic guidance across evolving AI regulatory and enforcement crosscurrents. In particular, we bring together former senior officials from a range of government agencies, and our work includes advising on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) enforcement priorities; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure and controls expectations for AI‑related claims; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) policy on inventorship and AI‑assisted prosecution; Copyright Office policy on protection for AI‑generated works; and financial services oversight by the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Reserve. We help clients anticipate rulemaking and supervisory expectations, coordinate responses to multi‑agency inquiries and sweeps, and calibrate compliance frameworks for AI use and disclosure.

Transactions

Our clients benefit from a team of attorneys uniquely adept at navigating the complexities presented by revolutionary technologies. This experience is grounded in Cravath’s rich history of collaboration with founders and companies at the center of many of the world’s most important transactions across every major transition of the American economy. Our representations span venture financings, pre‑IPO liquidity events, IPOs and direct listings, M&A, joint ventures and collaborations, data access and model‑training agreements, and AI/ML licensing. We routinely address training‑data rights, open‑source license compliance, AI‑specific IP indemnities, AI reps and warranties, model audit and evaluation covenants, and post‑closing integration of AI capabilities.

Disputes

Our litigation department is uniformly recognized as among the best in the country, and we have repeatedly secured precedent‑setting results that have reshaped the legal and business landscapes. We help clients anticipate, prevent and litigate AI‑related disputes, including antitrust investigations and litigation, IP (patent, copyright and trade secret) disputes, Lanham Act false‑advertising claims tied to AI representations, commercial contract claims and shareholder and securities litigation involving AI disclosures. We also conduct internal investigations and respond to SEC, FTC and DOJ inquiries and enforcement actions.

We are thought leaders who provide unique insights into the latest developments in the AI ecosystem. Our team regularly authors articles and related content for mainstream news outlets and legal industry publications on a range of topics surrounding AI, including securities enforcement, corporate governance, intellectual property, the IPO landscape, legislative trends and regulation, and disputes. Our authorship further extends to memos distributed exclusively to our clients and other friends of the Firm, including our recurring “Tech Explainers” and “Venture Capital & Growth Equity Insights,” as well as individual memos developed as emerging issues arise. Our partners also regularly speak to founders, investors, directors, in‑house counsel, government officials and academics in the U.S. and abroad.

We have received New York Law Journal’s “Innovation Award,” honoring “creative and inspiring approaches and forward‑thinking firms,” and the Firm was named a Law360 “Technology Practice Group of the Year.” All of our underlying practice areas are recognized by leading publications including The American Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation, Chambers USA, Financial Times, Law360 and The Legal 500 US.