AI is already changing the way your employees work, your vendors operate, and your contracts are created and reviewed. The challenge for business leaders is that much of this activity is happening faster than company policies, contracts, and risk-management practices can keep up.

Employees may be using public AI tools to summarize contracts, draft emails, analyze financial information, or work with customer data without realizing they could be exposing confidential information or creating legal risk for the company. At the same time, AI-generated language is increasingly finding its way into contracts, proposals, and other business documents, sometimes introducing ambiguity, missing protections, or questions about ownership and responsibility.

Join attorneys James Vann and Ben Winn for a practical discussion designed for business owners, executives, credit managers, and other leaders who are trying to take advantage of AI without creating unnecessary exposure.

During this webinar, we will discuss:

• What “shadow AI” looks like inside a business and why it can be difficult to control
• The risks of employees putting customer information, contracts, financial data, or other confidential information into AI tools
• Potential issues involving confidentiality, trade secrets, attorney-client privilege, and contractual obligations
• How AI is changing contract drafting, review, and negotiation
• Common problems with AI-generated contract language and boilerplate
• Intellectual property and ownership concerns when AI is used to create business work product
• Employment and policy considerations when employees use AI improperly
• Practical steps businesses can take to establish responsible AI policies and contract-review practices
• What businesses can learn from the Western District of North Carolina’s recent AI Order, which requires human verification of AI-assisted legal work and specifically warns about hallucinations, confidentiality concerns, and the risks of public AI tools and large language models.

The goal is not to discourage businesses from using AI. It is to help leaders understand where the risks actually are, what questions they should be asking, and what safeguards they can put in place now before an AI-related mistake becomes a customer problem, contract dispute, or legal issue.