Overview
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping how organizations operate, compete and deliver value. But with its transformative potential comes a host of legal, ethical and operational challenges—especially in highly regulated industries.
Manatt helps a wide range of clients harness AI to create value while building the operational, technical and legal infrastructure to sustain ethical, long-term deployment. We offer more than just legal advice: Our cross-functional team works closely with clients to design governance systems, mitigate risk and align AI initiatives with industry-specific standards. Whether you're developing proprietary models, integrating third-party tools or managing vendor relationships, we help you move quickly without compromising integrity.
Manatt combines legal and consulting capabilities across technology, retail, health care, finance, entertainment and public policy—giving clients trusted advisors to help navigate the full life cycle of AI adoption. Our team includes lawyers, technologists, policy wonks and business advisors who understand both the mechanics and legal ramifications of AI. We also offer cutting-edge tools and insights, including:
- Our proprietary , covering the latest legislative and regulatory developments
- A to jumpstart your AI compliance program
- A regular on digital law, technology policy and AI governance
- Bias testing and other technical consulting
- Active engagement with policymakers and standard-setting bodies shaping AI law
We help clients assess where AI can bolster performance across their organizations—whether by improving workflows, streamlining back-office operations, improving products or enhancing customer experiences. Our services include:
- Build-vs-buy strategies for AI adoption
- Creating new pitch decks for AI funding
- AI vendor evaluation and contracting
- Planning for AI implementation and systems integration
- Advice on AI product development and new market entrance based on regulatory trends
- Change management and employee training
We’ve worked with a variety of clients—including national retailers, medical associations and hospital systems, pro bono legal networks, food producers, meditation apps, global manufacturers and international business consultants to design and execute practical, forward-looking AI programs.
Because AI is so new and potentially transformational, we also facilitate collaboration across institutions to accelerate learning and community-building. Our approach combines policy updates, benchmarking, in-person programming and more.
As AI regulation accelerates—from the EU AI Act to U.S. state proposals—clients turn to us for help designing governance structures and risk controls that scale with innovation. Our services include:
- Drafting company-wide AI policies and procedures
- Creation of oversight committees and governance frameworks.
- AI impact assessments
- Negotiating AI vendor agreements
- Cohesive programs to comply with AI, privacy, anti-discrimination and IP obligations and multiple laws (e.g., EU AI Act, HIPAA, CCPA, NYDFS)
- Contract review and policy alignment across jurisdictions
We bring technical knowledge and cross-disciplinary fluency to these efforts, integrating insight from our data privacy, IP, litigation and regulatory teams.
Deploying AI safely requires a culture of engagement, understanding and accountability. We support our clients with:
- Board training on legislative trends, market risk and data governance
- Additional tailored training for legal, compliance, product and executive teams
- Internal employee playbooks on AI usage and risks
- Strategies to enable rapid change, long-term adoption and proper oversight
