AI Clauses in Commercial & Corporate Contracts: A UK-US Law Firm Perspective

Introduction

A partner uploads a client contract into a generative AI tool to sense-check drafting. The output is helpful, but the data may have been retained, processed, or used to train third-party models.

At the same time, a client signs a SaaS agreement with a US supplier. Months later, they discover that their data is being used to train AI systems, potentially exposing them to regulatory and commercial risk across multiple jurisdictions.

For modern law firms, these are no longer intangible risks. They raise serious issues around:

• Confidentiality and legal professional privilege
• Regulatory compliance
• Professional liability
• Cross-border legal risk and compliance issues

This virtual classroom session provides a practical approach to drafting and negotiating AI clauses that align with UK and US regulatory expectations, professional obligations and emerging best practice.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Applying duties of confidentiality and legal privilege to AI assisted legal work
• Aligning internal governance with industry standard best practice and external governance from regulators and statutes
• Supplier obligations around AI transparency
• Guidance on drafting appropriate AI clauses addressing data protection and data transfer issues
• Risk and liability
• Enforcement and case studies
• Understanding contractual performance standards, including accountability, human oversight and audit rights
• Managing risks linked to training data and model output
• Drafting contracts applicable to multiple jurisdictions
• Evolving regulatory standards across the UK and US
• How to exercise effective contractual termination

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.