Tech & Sourcing @ Morgan Lewis

AI usage policies have become the new norm as businesses across industries adopt various AI technologies in hopes of enhancing productivity and staying competitive, with many companies now revisiting and updating their AI usage policies to become more permissive while aiming to meet any transparency requirements.

Kari Krusmark, a partner in our technology transactions, outsourcing, and commercial contracts practice, is a leading advisor in complex technology initiatives, outsourcing arrangements, and digital transformation projects. With deep background guiding global companies through high-value technology deals, evolving regulatory requirements, and vendor ecosystem shifts, Kari has a unique perspective on how organizations should prepare for the rapidly changing technology and outsourcing landscape. Her insights highlight the key trends shaping 2026 and what businesses should be doing now to stay ahead.

One of the key concepts in contracting for generative AI (GenAI) is allocating rights to data that the GenAI tool processes and generates, as well as any data used to train, test, and improve the underlying AI model. A new concern in these contracts relates to the use of a GenAI tool (or data generated by this tool) for competitive purposes and corresponding contractual restrictions. This blog post outlines some of the relevant considerations when evaluating and negotiating contractual provisions relating to these data rights and use restrictions.

We invite you to join us for the next presentation of our Tech & Sourcing webinar series Navigating the Global Landscape Through Innovation on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET, focused on global capability centers.

As the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) proliferates, customers and vendors face unique challenges in contract negotiations. This post discusses these challenges, offering viewpoints from both perspectives.

Please join us for a webinar co-hosted with local Indian counsel examining the key issues impacting deployment and use of technology in India.

As our colleagues Brad Nes and Sergio Oehninger discussed in a recent Insight, upcoming events such as the 2026 Men’s World Cup and Winter Olympics serve as a timely reminder to businesses involved in live events to consider and revisit the importance of insurance in minimizing unanticipated financial losses.

The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA or the Act) took effect on October 1, 2025, making Maryland the most recent state to join the nationwide network of states with legislation protecting consumer data privacy. As part of our Spotlight series, Ezra Church, the leader of our privacy and cybersecurity litigation practice shares his insights into the MODPA requirements and nuances that companies should know.

Artificial intelligence tools designed to perform a specific autonomous function with limited human interaction (commonly referred to as “agentic AI”) are changing the operation of myriad business processes, accelerating the rate at which organizations can handle data workflows and complex decision making. As AI agents transform into full-fledged virtual assistants, organizations are finding new ways to drive value by redesigning their enterprise’s digital landscape to accommodate and augment agentic AI. However, consumers and customers have increasingly been employing agentic AI to interact with companies of all sizes, highlighting that the use of agentic AI may no longer be a one-way road from businesses to customers.

On October 29, Morgan Lewis will be hosting the annual Tech & Sourcing Summit in New York. This full-day event will bring together our lawyers and industry leaders, focusing on this year’s theme: Navigating the Global Landscape through Innovation. A reception will follow the substantive portion of the program.