Lowenstein Sandler LLP today announced the launch of its Data360 Governance Hub and Evidence Architecture Framework, a methodology designed to help organizations operationalize and demonstrate AI governance at the system level.

As AI adoption accelerates, expectations are converging across regulatory, litigation, insurance, and procurement contexts: organizations must be able to produce evidence that governance controls are functioning, not simply documented.

“AI governance is no longer just about policies,” said Amy Mushahwar, partner and Chair of the firm’s Data Privacy, Security, Safety & Risk Management practice. “It's about whether your organization can reconstruct what its systems did, who authorized them, what controls were in place, and what happened when something went wrong. If you can’t produce that chain of evidence when it’s demanded by a regulator, your board, or a counterparty, then your governance program is a liability.”

Built from the firm’s experience in cybersecurity incident response, privacy engineering, internet safety, AI governance, and regulated technology environments, the framework reflects growing demand for governance systems that can withstand regulatory, litigation, and operational scrutiny simultaneously.

While many organizations have adopted AI governance policies, far fewer can produce the connected evidentiary chain increasingly expected by regulators, courts, insurers, boards, and procurement authorities.

The Data360 framework focuses on producing traceable governance evidence across model inventories, validation processes, data provenance, machine identity, and system monitoring. The methodology embeds legal, technical, and operational controls directly into AI systems and workflows to help organizations move from policy-based governance to evidence-based governance.

The launch also reflects the continued trend of technically-oriented lawyering what Mushahwar describes as “legal engineering,” an interdisciplinary approach focused on operationalizing legal requirements directly within technical systems and data environments.

“That’s the translation problem Data360 was built to address,” says Mushahwar. “Organizations need counsel who can help design control points, structure evidence, and make sure what they represent externally actually reflects how their systems operate. That alignment is what holds up under scrutiny.”

The Data360 Governance Hub launches with four core offerings:

  • 90-Day AI Platform Risk Assessments: A structured evaluation of an organization's AI systems that surfaces governance gaps, undocumented models, and exposure points before regulators, insurers, or opposing counsel find them first.
  • Control Mapping and Framework Alignment: Connecting existing policies and technical controls to recognized legal and regulatory frameworks, so governance is coherent, traceable, and defensible across jurisdictions and contexts.
  • High-Risk Use Case Design: Legal and technical guidance for deploying AI in sensitive applications such as hiring, lending, healthcare, or consumer-facing decisions where regulatory scrutiny is highest and the consequences of governance failures are most severe.
  • Shadow AI Discovery: Identifying AI tools and models already in use across an organization that haven't been formally inventoried or governed. Untracked AI is one of the most common and consequential gaps in enterprise governance programs.
  • AI Asset Valuation & Restructuring: Evaluating the legal and operational integrity of AI systems for M&A or bankruptcy estates, including model ownership, data provenance, and governance liability exposure.

The framework builds on the firm’s ongoing analysis of AI governance, including RSAC 2026 vendor evaluations and research involving regulatory, insurance, and enforcement trends.

Organizations interested in assessing their AI governance readiness should contact a member of our team.

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