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AI Legal ConsultingFrom terms of use and vendor contracts to internal rules, our attorneys sort out the issues, separating those for AI providers from those for AI users.

Free consultation Why LegalAgent
Response time
1 business day*
First consultation
30 min free
Scope
Terms of use · Vendor contracts · Internal rules

* As a rule, for contract reviews and routine legal questions. For complex or urgent matters we propose a schedule that fits the matter.

Client companies served*

150+

Selected clients shown, in no particular order. * Clients and partners. Not limited to AI Legal Consulting matters.

KADOKAWA FRONTEO YAMAP ACROVE LAPRAS AVA Intelligence OPTIEUM Biotechnologies ReDelta Concrew LINEA Innovations TECHSUITE YStory

Carrying generative AI issues into terms, contracts and internal rules

The issues to check differ between companies that provide generative AI and companies that bring external generative AI into their operations. We review how input data, use for training and output flow, and reflect the issues of personal information, copyright and confidential information in your terms of use, privacy policy, vendor contracts and internal rules. Even within one company, we separate the provider side from the user side feature by feature before reaching a view.

  • Your training-use clause was called into question just before release
  • Employees had been entering customer information into external AI
  • Your terms of use lag behind the AI features you added
  • Your AI vendor contract says almost nothing about use for training

Why LegalAgent

With LegalAgent, you can sort out the issues before you launch or adopt AI

We support your AI launch and adoption in three ways: fast answers, fees you know before we start, and deliverables you can use as is in your terms and internal rules.

  1. 01Speed

    Typical law firms3–5 business days

    LegalAgent1 business day, as a rule

    Worked back from your release or rollout date

    We answer contract reviews and routine legal questions within one business day as a rule. When your release or rollout date is set, we propose an order of review worked back from that date.

  2. 02Fees

    Hourly billingTotal unknown at the start

    LegalAgentScope and fee set before we start

    Documents and fees agreed before we start

    We ask whether the AI is offered as your own service or used internally, the nature of the data involved and the range of documents to prepare, and give you an estimate before we start. Matter-based work is generally on a fixed fee.

  3. 03Deliverables

    • Revisions to terms of use
    • Internal AI use policy
    • Contract review comments
    • Materials for business partners

    Usable for briefing your teams and business partners

    On top of proposed revisions to your terms of use and vendor contracts, we prepare and deliver internal use rules and explanatory materials for business partners.

* Response times are for contract reviews and routine legal questions; they vary by matter.

How it works

The AI Agent identifies the issues; attorneys judge them by your position

The AI Agent extracts issues from the terms, contracts and service materials you provide and prepares drafts; attorneys determine your position and assess the risks.

AI Agentdoes the work

  • Organizes input data and where it is sent, from vendor terms and contracts
  • Refers to past analyses and templates
  • Drafts revisions to terms of use and internal rules

Attorneysmake the judgment

  • Determine, feature by feature, whether you are a developer, provider or user
  • Assess the risks of use for training, copyright and confidential information
  • Take responsibility for the final wording of terms and rules
ConsultationRevisions and explanatory materials delivered
  1. STEP 01Confirming how AI is used and your company's position

    Determine, feature by feature, whether your company is in the position of an AI developer, AI provider or AI user

    List of issues to check and their priority

  2. STEP 02Reviewing the data flow and related contracts

    Review the data flow from input to output and sort out risks relating to use for training, personal information, confidential information and copyright

    Issue memo based on the data flow

  3. STEP 03Reflecting the results in terms, contracts and internal rules

    Reflect the identified issues in proposed revisions to the terms of use, privacy policy, contract clauses or internal policies

    Proposed revisions with tracked changes, or a new draft

  4. STEP 04Preparing explanatory materials for internal teams and business partners

    Summarize the review results in a form that can be used when explaining them to frontline staff or business partners

    Internal explanatory materials or draft explanatory materials for business partners

  • Attorneys make the final callAn attorney checks every deliverable and takes responsibility for it.
  • Your inputs are not used to train AIOn top of attorneys' statutory duty of confidentiality, we work in an environment where your inputs are not used to train AI.
  • An AI Agent built in-houseOur own engineers develop it. Information Security Policy

Use cases

Common requests and what you receive

In generative AI legal consultations, the issues to check and the deliverables differ depending on the situation that prompts the consultation. Here are four typical situations.

  1. 01

    The release date of your generative AI service is set, but your terms of use and privacy policy are not ready

    If left aloneThe service launches without its terms reflecting how input data is handled or who holds rights in the output, and gaps in understanding with users surface later

    What we doWe review the service, the flow of input data and the contract terms with external AI vendors, and identify the issues that should be reflected in the terms

    What you receive
    • Proposed revisions to the terms of use
    • Proposed revisions to the privacy policy
    • Internal issue memo

  2. 02

    You discover internally that employees have been entering contracts or customer information into external generative AI tools

    If left aloneInformation is sent outside without the analysis required under non-disclosure agreements or under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI) for entrustment and third-party provision, leading to a breach of contract or a situation equivalent to a data leak

    What we doAfter confirming actual usage, we set out the scope of information that must not be entered, the conditions for allowing exceptional use and measures to prevent recurrence

    What you receive
    • Internal use rules
    • Explanatory materials for employees
    • Draft approval flow to prevent recurrence

  3. 03

    You want to review contract terms with a vendor before fully rolling out an external generative AI service

    If left aloneYou sign without checking terms on use for training, data retention periods, cross-border transfer and limitation of liability, and later cannot meet your obligation to explain these matters to your own customers

    What we doWe review the vendor's terms and the draft individual contract and, in light of your business, sort out which terms should be revised and which are acceptable

    What you receive
    • Contract review comments
    • List of terms to revise
    • Explanatory materials for internal approval

  4. 04

    Business partners or investors ask you to explain copyright in your service's training data or generated output

    If left aloneYou cannot explain how training data was obtained or the risk that output resembles existing works, damaging trust in sales negotiations or fundraising

    What we doWe review the sources of training data, the purposes of use and the scope of use of generated output, and organize them into a form that can be explained

    What you receive
    • Issue memo
    • Draft explanatory materials for business partners
    • Checklist for internal records

Scope of our AI legal consulting support

We separate the issues to check for AI service providers and for AI users, and support you through to reflecting them in your terms, contracts and internal rules.

Terms of use and privacy policies for AI services
For companies that provide AI services, we build the handling of input data, rights in the output and the scope of liability into the terms.
  • Drafting and reviewing AI service terms of use
  • Preparing privacy policies for AI services
Contracts with AI vendors
For companies that adopt external generative AI services or build them into their own services, we review the vendor's terms and the conditions of individual contracts.
  • Reviewing AI vendor terms and contracts
  • Checking consistency between existing contracts and AI features
Internal AI use rules and governance
For companies that use generative AI internally, we set out the scope of information that may be entered and the framework for checking output.
  • Drafting an internal AI use policy
  • Setting up an internal review flow for adopting external AI services
Copyright, confidential information and personal information
We analyze copyright in training data and generated output, the handling of confidential information and issues under the APPI.
  • Copyright analysis of training data and generated output
  • Handling of personal and confidential information

Our approach

What we focus on in AI Legal Consulting

In legal work on generative AI services, the issues change with your position, so our support does not stop at abstract discussions of governance.

  1. 01

    Separating the issues for providers and users

    The contract clauses to check and where responsibility lies differ between a company that provides generative AI services and one that uses external generative AI. Even within the same company, the position can change from feature to feature, so we separate the positions for each matter.

  2. 02

    Carrying abstract risks into terms, contracts and internal rules

    Rather than only pointing out general issues in AI governance and copyright, we organize them into terms of use, privacy policies, vendor contract clauses and internal rules that can actually be operated.

  3. 03

    Reviewing the data flow from input to output as a whole

    We review the use of input data for training, external transmission and retention periods together with the scope of use of the output as a single flow, and then analyze the issues under the APPI and the Copyright Act.

  4. 04

    Drawing on practical experience as an AI service provider

    LegalAgent itself provides a generative AI service, and we consider terms and internal rules with an eye to the points that tend to cause practical problems both for those who build AI services and for those who use them.

Pricing

AI legal consulting fees

Fees for generative AI legal advice vary with the scope of the service to be reviewed, the nature of the data handled and the number of documents to be prepared, so we provide a quote after hearing what you would like to consult us about.

How fees are set

Scope and fee agreed before we start

Matter-based work is generally on a fixed fee. For complex or urgent matters, we propose a schedule and an estimate that fit the matter.

First consultation

A free 30-minute online meeting.

You can come to us before your documents are in order. Tell us what you know so far.

Free consultation

What we check before quoting

  • How the service is offered (provided as your own service, or used internally)
  • The nature of the data handled (whether personal information, confidential information or third-party copyrighted works are involved)
  • The scope of documents to be drafted or revised (terms of use, privacy policy, contracts, internal policies, etc.)
  • Whether contract negotiations with external AI vendors are needed
  • Whether an ongoing review framework is needed

Fees are quoted individually after hearing about your matter and the scope of review. We do not give a fixed amount before providing a quote.

Team & Record

Attorneys who know business practice handle your matters

Contract reviews and drafts
2,000+
Client companies
150+
Startup legal matters
200+
Legal and investment DD
20+

* Approximate figures based on matters handled by our firm; actual figures vary by matter.

Engineers

Shinya Makita and Sota Miya build our product on the same team as the attorneys.

Practical Guides to Legal Issues in Generative AI Services

AI servicesThe First Legal Checklist a Company Launching an AI Service Should Build

Legal review of an AI service starts with understanding the input data and where it is sent externally. This article turns copyright, personal information and responses to errors in output into a checklist you can use at each stage: development, launch and feature changes.

Related practice areas

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can we consult you at the planning stage, before release?

Yes. After hearing about the service, the expected input data and how the output will be used, we confirm the issues that should be sorted out before release.

Can we engage you only to draft internal rules for generative AI use?

Yes. After hearing about the AI services you plan to use, the types of information handled and how things currently operate, we prepare rules in a form frontline staff can use.

Can you advise only on copyright issues in generative AI?

Yes. After hearing how the training data was obtained, the scope of use of generated output and what has been explained to business partners, we tell you the issues that should be addressed.

Can you review the terms, policies and contracts for a generative AI service together before release?

Yes. We review the terms of use, privacy policy, contracts with external AI vendors and internal rules together and sort out the issues.

How does this page differ from the Data Privacy page?

Issues specific to generative AI, such as input data, use for training and output, are handled on this page, while general consultations on the APPI are handled on the Data Privacy page. If your matter involves both, please consult us about them together.

Can we consult you before our materials are organized?

Yes. As long as we have information showing an overview of the service and the data flow to the extent known, we can begin the review.

Contact

Talk to us about providing or using generative AI

For legal advice on providing or adopting generative AI services, please contact us using the form below. Information showing an overview of the service and the data flow will make the initial review go smoothly.

  • A free 30-minute online first meeting
  • You can consult us at the planning stage or before release
  • You can engage us only to draft internal AI use rules