Whether you are developing, deploying, or purchasing AI technologies, this checklist is designed to help you navigate critical areas, including governance, risk mitigation, data privacy, and compliance.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the influence and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are intertwined with established privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity concerns. At Stoel Rives, our AI, Privacy & Cybersecurity Law attorneys combine progressive insights on AI with extensive experience in privacy law, data protection, and cybersecurity law to help clients navigate the digital world confidently.
We offer the following legal services related to data privacy, security, compliance, and risk management:
- AI Counseling: Our AI lawyers provide invaluable insights into AI, addressing ethical considerations, transparency, and functionality. We help clients develop internal and external policies regarding the use of AI technologies, counsel clients on incorporating AI solutions into their products and services, advise on intellectual property protection of AI technologies, and help develop privacy strategies for AI data processing.
- Privacy & Data Security: In an era of escalating cyber threats, we understand the importance of tailored and rapid legal solutions. Our cybersecurity attorneys assist with policy development, privacy impact assessments, incident response, training, and compliance with state privacy laws (e.g., CCPA), federal privacy laws (e.g., HIPAA), and GDPR.
- Education and Training: Recognizing the human element in data protection, our privacy law team provides customized workshops and training to ensure employees understand privacy laws and handle data appropriately.
- Incident Response: In the event of a data breach, our experienced data security attorneys swiftly coordinate notification requirements, engage with law enforcement agencies, assist with insurance claims, and offer legal representation, including class action representation.
- International Data Security Compliance: With a global network of legal providers, our cybersecurity lawyers stay current with international privacy regulations, helping ensure your business remains compliant across jurisdictions.
- Transactional Due Diligence and Data Protection: Our expertise includes helping safeguard data in vendor and business partner relationships and acquisition targets. We offer guidance on privacy clauses, cybersecurity provisions, and liability protection in contracts and conduct data privacy and cybersecurity due diligence for investments, M&A transactions, and licensing agreements. We help clients establish compliance programs adapting to ever-evolving laws and regulations.
At Stoel Rives, our AI, Privacy & Cybersecurity Law attorneys are your trusted partners, combining progressive insights with extensive experience to help you protect your digital assets and enhance your overall security posture.
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John Pavolotsky and Nathan Morales, co-leads of Stoel Rives’ AI, Privacy & Cybersecurity practice, discuss how AI compliance is evolving from rapid adoption to deeper scrutiny, with businesses more carefully evaluating data use, ownership, and risk before implementation. They emphasize that effective AI governance goes beyond existing laws, requiring tailored, forward-looking strategies that address disclosure, ethics, and unresolved intellectual property issues in a rapidly changing regulatory landscape.
Tom Woods, a litigator at Stoel Rives LLP in Sacramento, explains how evolving communication technologies are increasing TCPA compliance risks, particularly around automated messaging and real-time consent revocation that can trigger costly class actions. He highlights a growing shift toward proactive compliance strategies, noting that addressing privacy, accessibility, and process gaps early is essential to reducing exposure and maintaining trust.
Heather Antoine, a partner in the Technology & Intellectual Property Group at Stoel Rives, warns that advertising cookies are an increasing source of privacy litigation, with plaintiffs targeting common platforms amid unsettled law. She emphasizes that companies can reduce risk by moving beyond generic privacy policies and adopting tailored, jurisdiction-specific compliance strategies.
Nicole Hancock, a partner in Stoel Rives’ Boise office, reflects on how artificial intelligence and other technologies are transforming the legal industry far beyond earlier shifts like the move to electronic records. She emphasizes the need for lawyers to adapt ahead of slower-moving court systems by aligning legal strategies with emerging technologies, data-driven processes, and evolving client needs.
Duff Bryant explores how artificial intelligence is poised to reshape agribusiness and the lumber industry. In agribusiness, Bryant notes that while the physical nature of the work may seem resistant to change, AI will significantly streamline crop management, logistics, and overall production efficiency. Despite a historically slow adoption of AgTech, he sees AI strengthening the business case for modernizing agricultural operations.