AI Governance, Compliance & Risk Management
Abrams Fensterman helps organizations evaluate, deploy, and govern artificial intelligence systems while managing legal, regulatory, cybersecurity, and operational risk across industries.
AI Governance & Compliance
Guidance on AI policies, oversight structures, documentation, human review, and compliance programs.
AI Audits & Risk Assessments
Evaluation of AI systems, vendor tools, workflows, data use, regulatory exposure, and operational risk.
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Counsel on cybersecurity preparedness, data protection, incident response, and AI-related privacy concerns.
The Legal Risks of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare, media, transportation, finance, and virtually every other industry. While AI can generate content, automate workflows, and accelerate decision-making, it cannot ensure compliance with the complex legal frameworks governing intellectual property, healthcare regulation, corporate governance, privacy, and transportation law. Abrams Fensterman provides multidisciplinary legal counsel to help organizations deploy and govern AI responsibly while minimizing legal and regulatory risk.
Why Is Specialized Legal Expertise Needed?
Artificial intelligence creates legal issues that rarely fit within a single practice area. A healthcare organization implementing an AI-powered clinical tool may simultaneously face HIPAA compliance obligations, FDA oversight concerns, cybersecurity risks, and vendor contract issues. Likewise, a media company using AI-generated content may encounter copyright ownership disputes, licensing challenges, and infringement exposure. Navigating these overlapping risks requires attorneys with dedicated expertise across multiple disciplines working together under a coordinated strategy.
Healthcare AI
AI governance in healthcare intersects with HIPAA, HITECH, FDA clinical decision-support regulations, CMS reimbursement frameworks, and New York State requirements. Abrams Fensterman’s nationally recognized healthcare team advises hospitals, health systems, physician groups, and digital health companies throughout the AI implementation lifecycle.
Intellectual Property & Entertainment
AI-generated content raises evolving questions regarding copyright ownership, licensing rights, infringement liability, and content protection. Our Intellectual Property and Entertainment attorneys help creators, brands, and media companies safeguard valuable assets while adapting to rapidly changing AI technologies.
Corporate & Securities
AI is now a material factor in mergers and acquisitions, where target companies may hold significant AI-related IP, carry algorithmic bias liability, or have data-sharing arrangements that require diligence. The Corporate and Securities practice uses AI-assisted tools to accelerate due diligence, identify risk, and monitor regulatory developments in real time.
Transportation Law
Transportation companies face AI-related compliance obligations under DOT, FMCSA, NYSDOT, and TLC regulations. Our Transportation Law team leverages advanced analytics and legal insight to help carriers, fleet operators, and transportation businesses navigate regulatory and litigation challenges.
How Does Abrams Fensterman Approach AI Legal Matters?
Abrams Fensterman takes a cross-disciplinary approach to artificial intelligence matters by coordinating attorneys from its healthcare, intellectual property, corporate and securities, and transportation practices. This collaborative model allows clients to address regulatory compliance, governance, transactions, cybersecurity concerns, contractual obligations, and dispute resolution through a single, integrated legal strategy. The firm advises global media companies, healthcare organizations, emerging technology businesses, and established enterprises throughout New York and across the country.
Why Choose a Multidisciplinary AI Law Firm?
Most AI-related legal issues involve multiple areas of law at the same time. A single agreement governing an AI-powered healthcare platform may implicate privacy regulations, intellectual property ownership, cybersecurity obligations, and corporate liability concerns. Addressing these issues separately can create costly gaps and inconsistencies.
Abrams Fensterman brings together dedicated teams across healthcare, intellectual property, corporate and securities law, and transportation law to provide coordinated, practical, and legally defensible guidance. With offices in Long Island, Brooklyn, White Plains, Albany, and Rochester, the firm serves clients throughout New York and nationwide.
Led by Attorneys Who Understand the Technology
Abrams Fensterman’s Artificial Intelligence Practice is led by Partner Paul Wooten, whose background uniquely combines law, technology, investigations, and regulatory compliance. A Harvard Law School graduate, former prosecutor, and AI Legal Engineer, Mr. Wooten has advised organizations on the legal implications of artificial intelligence and has personally designed enterprise AI systems capable of translating complex regulatory requirements into auditable compliance frameworks. This rare combination of technical and legal experience allows the firm to provide practical guidance on AI governance, compliance, cybersecurity, vendor diligence, internal investigations, litigation risk, and emerging regulatory requirements.
Working alongside attorneys across the firm’s healthcare, intellectual property, corporate and securities, transportation, and litigation practices, Abrams Fensterman delivers comprehensive counsel to organizations navigating the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
Navigating Artificial Intelligence Requires More Than Legal Advice
Led by Partner Paul Wooten, a former AI Legal Engineer, prosecutor, and complex investigations attorney, Abrams Fensterman helps organizations evaluate, govern, audit, and deploy artificial intelligence systems while managing compliance, cybersecurity, litigation, and regulatory risk.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of businesses need an AI attorney?
Any business that develops, integrates, or is affected by AI tools may benefit from legal counsel, including healthcare organizations, technology companies, media and entertainment companies, financial services firms, and transportation operators navigating compliance, IP, or contractual issues related to AI.
What is AI governance, and why does it matter legally?
AI governance refers to the policies, procedures, and oversight structures an organization puts in place to ensure AI systems are used responsibly, accurately, and in compliance with applicable law. Without documented governance, organizations face increased regulatory exposure and liability when AI systems produce adverse outcomes.
How do intellectual property rights work for AI-generated content?
Current U.S. copyright law generally requires human authorship for copyright protection, which creates unresolved questions for content generated autonomously by AI systems. An IP attorney can evaluate ownership, licensing, and infringement risks specific to a client’s use of AI-generated materials.
How can Abrams Fensterman help with AI legal matters?
The firm provides multidisciplinary AI legal counsel through its healthcare, intellectual property, corporate/securities, and transportation teams, advising clients from initial AI adoption through ongoing compliance, transactions, and dispute resolution across New York and nationally.
