Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence and cognitive science will transform and disrupt our global economy and create new competitive advantages for businesses that can harness the technology effectively.
Jackson Walkerâs artificial intelligence (AI) practice brings together lawyers from a variety of disciplines to serve our clients’ rapidly evolving legal needs regarding the development and commercialization of AI technologies including data analytics, predictive analytics, machine learning, artificial neural networks, cognitive robotics and intelligent technologies, and autonomous devices.
Drawing on our experience representing emerging companies, raising capital, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, litigation and litigation avoidance strategies, legislative advocacy, privacy, and cybersecurity, we assist clients in bringing products to market and implementing AI business processes.
As AI technologies evolve and our clients’ needs develop, Jackson Walkerâs multidisciplinary artificial intelligence practice is well-positioned to help clients navigate the numerous emerging issues relating to artificial intelligence.
Whether it’s counseling online marketplace participants in accessing data analytics on customer decision making, guiding health care analytics companies as they provide cutting edge patient care based on autonomous learning and large data analysis, or providing risk analysis to manufacturers as they implement autonomous machines, our team stands ready to assist our clients as they move into opportunities to leverage artificial intelligence.
- Counseled health system on FDA compliance and enforcement matters relating to its in-house medical software development program (US FDA law / software)
- Counseled global medical device company on compliance with the proposed artificial intelligence-related regulations (EU law / AI)
- Advising AI technology ventures on compliance with federal, state, and local regulation.
- Assisting AI ventures in raising capital to enable growth.
- Guiding individual investors, family offices, and venture funds in the evaluation of investments in AI technology ventures.
- Assisting with protecting developments in AI technologies through patent and trade secret strategies.
- Counseling clients on risk to AI ventures based on current fault-based rules for litigation.
- Advising clients on cybersecurity and privacy issues inherent to large data AI projects and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection regulations and industry standards, including the European Unionâs General Data Protection Regulation Requirements (GDPR).
- Representing fund managers in forming and raising capital for venture funds and hedge funds investing in AI technology.
- Advising AI companies on options for the form of their entity and assisting them with the creation of the entity and its governing documents.
- Providing customized review of AI technology solutions for companies’ purchasing systems.
- Developing distribution and channel strategies.
January 22, 2026
Insights
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announces WISeR Program
By Jed Morrison
Effective January 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has adopted a test program to reduce inappropriate utilization of certain selected Medicare procedures. The program, the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model, will be implemented for six years in six states, including Texas and Oklahoma. WISeR only applies to traditional fee for service Medicare, but the result of the pilot program will likely be significant, with additional denials of coverage for the listed procedures in those states.
January 21, 2026
Speaking Engagements
Shari Mao Joins âAI & Strategyâ Panel at the Artifact Summit
Jackson Walker partner Shari Mao will speak on the âAI & Strategyâ panel at the Artifact Summit on February 13, 2026, at the Santa Fe College Blount Center in Gainesville, Florida.
October 10, 2025
Attorney News
Jackson Walker Expands Health Care Team With Sheppard Mullin Partner in Dallas | Texas Lawyer
Jackson Walker expanded its health care team by hiring Phil Kim, who handles transactional and regulatory matters for a wide range of health care clients. Phil joined Jackson Walker as a partner in the health care and life sciences group in Dallas.
October 8, 2025
Attorney News
Phil Kim Joins Jackson Walkerâs Healthcare & Life Sciences Group as Partner
Jackson Walker is pleased to announce that Phil Kim has joined the firm as a partner in the Healthcare & Life Sciences group in our Dallas office. Phil is an accomplished Chambers-ranked healthcare attorney with extensive experience advising a broad range of healthcare industry stakeholders and providers on complex transactional and regulatory matters across the country.
August 26, 2025
Insights
Texas 89th Legislature: Key Artificial Intelligence Legislation
By Arthur Gollwitzer
The recently concluded 89th Legislature addressed a wide range of artificial intelligence issues. Texas is taking a leading role in both encouraging AI use and regulating the use of artificial intelligence. This article summarizes and reviews ten specific bills passed in the recent legislative session.
July 11, 2025
Insights
Federal Courts Find Fair Use in AI Training: Key Takeaways from Kadrey v. Meta and Bartz v. Anthropic
By Arthur Gollwitzer
In recent days, two federal judges in the Northern District of California issued significant decisions covering the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright law. Specifically, in Bartz v. Anthropic PBC and Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc., the courts addressed whether the use of copyrighted works to train generative AI models constitutes fair use under Section 107 of the Copyright Act.
June 17, 2025
Mentions
In the sidelines of the AI conversation: Model disgorgement and algorithm deletion | Asia IP Magazine
Chris Rourk was featured in Asia IP Magazine discussing the potential for artificial intelligence training data to infringe on intellectual property or privacy laws and examined new solutions to these challenges. He also addressed remediation techniques for AI systems, such as model disgorgement and algorithm deletion, as ways to address these issues.
June 6, 2025
Mentions
Lawyers’ AI Missteps Continue, Thanks to Carelessness and Lack of Education | The American Lawyer
In this article published by The American Lawyer, Greg Lambert discusses the challenges attorneys across the country encounter when they use artificial intelligence tools without fully understanding the technology.
February 17, 2025
Insights
Federal Court Sides with Plaintiff in the First Major AI Copyright Decision of 2025
By Emilio B. Nicolas
AI copyright jurisprudence is set to have a big year in 2025. On February 11, 2025, a Delaware federal court issued the first major decision concerning the use of copyrighted material to train AI. The case is Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GMBH v. ROSS Intelligence Inc.
August 7, 2024
Podcast: Future-Ready Business
The Changing Face of Cyber Threats and Defenses in the Age of AI
In this episode of Future Ready Business, Art Cavazos and William Nilson discuss with cybersecurity expert John Dickson the current state of cyber threats, from the automation of ransomware attacks to the emerging concerns around deep fakes and voice-based authentication.
