AI & Emerging Technologies

Artificial intelligence, blockchain, and immersive technologies are reshaping how organizations create value, manage data, and engage with customers. These technologies introduce novel legal, regulatory, and operational considerations that continue to evolve alongside market adoption and government oversight.

ArentFox Schiff approaches AI and emerging technologies with an industry-informed perspective, helping clients assess risk, structure transactions, and adapt governance frameworks as innovation outpaces traditional legal models.

We work with clients developing, deploying, or investing in artificial intelligence, web3, metaverse, and blockchain technologies, where regulatory uncertainty, intellectual property questions, and business-model risk often converge. Our role is to help organizations evaluate legal exposure, structure compliant operations, and make informed strategic decisions as technologies move from experimentation to implementation.

Drawing on experience across regulated and creative industries, we advise on technology use in commercial settings, content creation, transactions, and enterprise adoption, with careful attention to data protection, securities regulation, intellectual property rights, and emerging enforcement priorities.

What Do We Do?

• Advise on regulatory compliance implicating artificial intelligence and data-driven technologies, including GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, and related privacy and security frameworks
• Draft and negotiate contracts supporting AI and emerging technology initiatives, including licensing, data-sharing, platform, and service agreements
• Counsel on intellectual property issues arising from AI and generative tools, including authorship, ownership, copyrightability, fair use, and protection strategies
• Support venture financing and emerging technology transactions, including diligence, risk assessment, and deal structuring
• Advise on token protocol development, DAO formation, and governance and treasury considerations
• Represent clients in disputes involving AI, digital assets, intellectual property, data protection, and technology-related claims
• Guide organizations on ethical, transparency, and risk-management considerations associated with AI deployment
• Support mergers and acquisitions involving AI-focused or technology-driven businesses
• Advise on employment and workplace considerations related to AI use, including privacy, monitoring, and internal governance

Who Do We Help?

• Global fashion brands and consumer-facing companies
• Professional sports teams, leagues, and athletes
• Media companies, creators, and content platforms
• Technology companies and blockchain developers
• Token issuers, DAOs, and digital asset marketplaces
• NFT artists and creative enterprises
• Venture funds and investors in emerging technologies

How Can We Help?

Clients often seek legal support when implementing generative AI tools, launching or acquiring digital assets, responding to regulatory developments, entering new markets, or reassessing risk as technologies scale. We assist at key inflection points where legal compliance, operational risk, and business strategy intersect.

 

ArentFox Schiff has advised clients operating across the AI, web3, blockchain, and metaverse ecosystems, including both technology-native organizations and traditional businesses entering these markets. Our experience spans transactional, regulatory, intellectual property, and dispute-related matters involving emerging technologies.

Representative matters include advising:

• NFT creators and blockchain venture funds in venture financing transactions
• Decentralized autonomous organizations on formation, governance, and treasury review
• Cable networks, global fashion brands, and internationally recognized artists on NFT development, minting, custody, and platform partnership agreements
• NFL, NBA, and MLS teams on crypto sponsorship arrangements
• Professional athletes and media companies in connection with blockchain-based game development
• Cryptocurrency payment processors on operational and compliance considerations
• Companies implementing private blockchain solutions for commercial use