This hands-on, application-based course is designed to explore the use of AI in regulatory compliance and contracting.  Students will learn to design and build a series of customized, practical AI solutions to address real-world compliance  and contracting problems.  This includes identifying complex legal risk management contexts that can benefit from AI automation, grounded AI through retrieval augmented generation, and agentic AI.

The course focuses on AI legal risk management. Students will learn how to apply governance, risk management, and compliance ("GRC") principles and practices to AI. The first part of the course focuses on the design and implementation of governance structures to meet internal and external AI governance requirements. Governance topics include the role and duties of boards of directors in managing AI risks and disclosure requirements under Federal securities laws, as well as other Federal, state, and international disclosure and governance requirements.

An introduction to fundamental technology concepts for compliance officers, risk-manager, and others working in technology-intensive, regulated areas, including, cybersecurity, privacy, AI, and intellectual property.

This course introduces students to key concepts in law of patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyright. Special focus is given to risk management techniques to protect a company’s intellectual property, including monitoring for potential infringements, addressing suspected infringements, IP licensing, non-compete agreements and non-disclosure agreements.

A study of legal and risk management issues surrounding the use of big data analytics, machine learning and other AI technologies by regulators, business firms and other organizations. Special focus is given to issues arising in health care regulation, financial and securities regulation, and employment law—for example, health care fraud and abuse, Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering, economic sanctions, Federal securities Laws, and employment discrimination.

This course focuses on the legal and risk management issues that arise after a cybersecurity breach.  Students will learn about different aspects on incident response, including initial internal communications and related corporate governance issues, the role played by in-house and outside counsel, forensics experts, IT staff and others in investigating the source and scope of the breach, and in mitigation and remediation of cyber breaches.

This course focuses on the design and implementation of cybersecurity compliance programs, including developing policies and procedures, auditing processes, and strategies for ensuring the resiliency and adaptability of the program in an evolving cyberspace and regulatory environment.

A study of legal issues affecting e-health and telemedicine. Topics covered include electronic health records, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) and other privacy issues; live video and store-and-forward techniques; remote patient monitoring, mobile health, and healthcare robots; reimbursement issues under public and private insurance schemes; licensure, credentialing, and privileging; and fraud and abuse. 

A study of privacy and cybersecurity law within the context of employment relationships and HR compliance.

A study of privacy and cybersecurity issues, including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and security of health care information under state and federal law, including HIPAA, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, and breach notification requirements. The course will also introduce issues related to emerging uses of technology, including telemedicine.