When companies contract for AI-powered services, the model itself is usually a black box. Vendors pick the model, train or fine-tune it, and decide when to swap it out or push updates. For in-house counsel drafting or reviewing these agreements, the challenge is writing provisions that give your company enough visibility into the model without asking for things the vendor will never agree to. That means getting specific about what documentation the vendor has to provide, what cooperation looks like when your company needs to run risk assessments, and what happens when the vendor changes the underlying model after the contract is signed.
In this webinar, Laura Frederick, Matt Kohel, and Laura Belmont will cover how to draft governance provisions that address the AI model itself, not just the service wrapped around it. The speakers will walk through what model documentation provisions should actually require, how to structure cooperation obligations for risk assessments so they work in practice, and how to handle model updates and replacements, including notice requirements, testing rights, and what triggers a right to terminate or renegotiate. The focus is on contract language that accounts for how AI vendors actually build and maintain their products, so the provisions you draft hold up when something changes.
Key topics include:
What model documentation provisions should cover and what vendors will actually provide
Drafting cooperation obligations for internal and regulatory risk assessments
Structuring model update and replacement provisions, including notice, testing, and approval rights
Defining what counts as a material model change and tying that to contract remedies
Handling version control and rollback rights when a model update causes problems
Addressing the gap between what your company needs for compliance and what the vendor treats as proprietary
*Live CLE Credit Information:
How to Contract will apply for 1.25 hours of General CLE credit in CA, PA, and TX.
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