  This paper aims to investigate the possibility of using artificial
intelligence (AI) to resolve the legal issues raised by the Covid-19 emergency
about the fate of continuing execution contracts, or those with deferred or
periodic execution, as well as, more generally, to deal with exceptional events
and contingencies. We first study whether the Italian legal system allows for
''maintenance'' remedies to cope with contingencies and to avoid the
termination of the contract, while ensuring effective protection of the
interests of both parties. We then give a complete and technical description of
an AI-based predictive framework, aimed at assisting both the Magistrate (in
the course of litigation) and the parties themselves (in out-of-court
proceedings) in the redetermination of the rent of commercial lease contracts.
This framework, called A.I.A.Co. for Artificial Intelligence for contract law
Against Covid-19, has been developed under the Italian grant ''Fondo
Integrativo Speciale per la Ricerca''.
