Practical Legal Advice for AI in Business
An NYBusiness.Law Practice Focused on AI Governance
AI can accelerate growth—while quietly multiplying regulatory exposure, intellectual property risk, privacy obligations, employment liability, contract disputes, and reputational harm. We help business leaders adopt AI confidently with a legal strategy that supports innovation and reduces avoidable risk.
Why AI Requires Counsel
AI changes how decisions are made, how data is processed, and how content is created. Those changes affect legal duties across consumer protection, privacy, employment, intellectual property, and contract law—often before a product ships or a tool goes live.
The goal is not to “lawyer up” after an incident. The goal is to build legal safeguards into the way your business selects, deploys, monitors, and governs AI—so the benefits of AI are real, and the downside is managed.
Speed with Guardrails
Fast adoption is valuable—until it creates uninsurable liability. Counsel helps you move quickly with documented risk controls.
Clear Ownership
AI-generated outputs, training data rights, and vendor terms can create hidden IP gaps. Contracts and policies prevent disputes.
Defensible Process
If regulators, counterparties, or plaintiffs ask “What did you do to prevent harm?” documentation and governance matter.
Complimentary Books
Complimentary professional guides for business owners, executives, and creators.
Navigating AI: The Essential Role of Legal Counsel for U.S. Businesses
The Creative AI Handbook: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to AI-Powered Art, Music, and Writing
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Lawyer as Creator
In addition to legal and business experience, Michael S. Baker is a lifetime singer-songwriter, producer, recording studio owner, poet, and filmmaker— and an early adopter and avid user of Artificial Intelligence in creative production.
Featured Video: “Whatever You Are”
A creative example of AI-assisted music and visual storytelling.
A Concise Guide to the Lawyer’s Role in Business AI
Six pillars of legal support that help businesses deploy AI responsibly, scale faster, and reduce avoidable risk.
1) Governance & Policy
- Define approved AI use-cases, prohibited uses, and required human review.
- Adopt employee AI-use rules (confidentiality, prompts, data handling, records).
- Set oversight workflows: review, sign-off, escalation, and audit trails.
2) Regulatory & Claims Compliance
- Map obligations (FTC, sector rules, advertising/consumer protection, state AI/privacy laws).
- Design compliance-by-default: disclosures, monitoring, logs, documentation.
- Review marketing and product claims to avoid “AI-washing” and deceptive practices.
3) Privacy, Security & Vendor Risk
- Assess data sources, consent, retention, and cross-border considerations.
- Set security controls for AI tools (access limits, encryption, incident response).
- Vet vendors: DPAs, subprocessors, training data terms, and security posture.
4) IP Ownership & Content Rights
- Protect your inputs, outputs, and models (trade secrets, copyrights, patents where applicable).
- Address authorship and ownership of AI-assisted work in contracts and policies.
- Reduce infringement risk from training data, outputs, and third-party tool terms.
5) Contracts, Liability & Insurance
- Draft AI-specific terms: scope, limits, accuracy disclaimers, and human oversight.
- Allocate risk: warranties, indemnities, caps, and incident obligations.
- Align coverage: cyber, E&O, product liability, and AI-related endorsements.
6) Employment, Ethics & Disputes
- Review HR uses (hiring, monitoring, evaluations) for bias and disclosure duties.
- Implement ethics controls: fairness testing, explainability, and accountability.
- Build litigation readiness: documentation, versioning, and response playbooks.
Discuss Your AI Use Case
If you’re deploying AI internally or in customer-facing products, we can help you design a practical legal strategy—governance, contracts, privacy, IP, and risk controls—tailored to your business.
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