Making a new tech product? Then in-house lawyers need a seat at the table, not just at the beginning of it but throughout its lifetime, said Cheryl Falvey, former general counsel of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. She’s now a partner in Crowell & Moring’s mass tort, product, and consumer litigation group in Washington, D.C.

Falvey told Corporate Counsel that the legal team needs to understand the what, when and how the product will be used. That use can change as a product changes, especially if artificial intelligence is changing it as it’s used, she added.