Future - Inevitability
Every Firm Will Need an AI Vendor Policy. The Question Is When.
Malpractice exposure lands on the attorney who signed the document, not on the vendor's terms of service.
Vendor TOS
Confidentiality - Trust
The Clause Your AI Vendor Hopes You Never Read
When it goes wrong, the vendor's position is protected and the attorney's isn't and that gap was written into the contract you signed
Fear Consequences
The Silent Way AI Chatbots Leak Privileged Client Data
The moment client facts go into that box, you may have already treated them as disclosed to a third party
AI risk
What Your AI Vendor's Terms of Service Don't Tell You About Your Client Data
You need three questions answered before adoption: does this vendor retain our inputs, for how long, and can we contractually opt out of training use.