EMAIL, TEXTING AND SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES
All companies should have an appreciation of the issues associated with employee use of email, text messaging and social media. From acceptable use policies, to monitoring employee traffic to delivering effective training programs, we have the background and expertise to assist. Our goal is always to help our clients achieve best practice status.
Technology Licensing and Transfer
Our experiences and talented counsel represents clients in all facets of technology licensing and transfer—ensuring that all parties to these transactions have a clear understanding of the deal, and that it is properly documented.
Our representation spans the continuum of technology transfer transactions. We recommend early intervention to aid in developing an efficient and effective acquisition process. Well-defined objectives and expectations lead to full and accurate specifications. Full and accurate specifications lead to informed negotiations. Informed negotiations lead to comprehensive and unambiguous agreements. Comprehensive and unambiguous agreements lead to open and productive relationships. Open and productive relationships lead to deal satisfaction for all parties.
Our lawyers have practiced this philosophy in hundreds of technology transfer transactions. Our collective experience includes:
We represent clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to start-ups. We understand our clients’ businesses and the language of technology, and how the laws and regulations, new and old, apply to those businesses.
Great Lakes Week – Cleveland
Unlike other parts of the country (or the world for that matter), people living in and around the Great Lakes are very cognizant of both the unique benefits the Great Lakes bring them such as [...]
Regulating Runoff From Logging Roads
The only U.S. Supreme Court case on the Court’s Fall docket relating to an environmental matter is Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center. In this case (which was consolidated with Georgia Pacific West, Inc. v. [...]
Revisions to the Federal Trade Commission “green Guides”
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on October 1, 2012 released the revised “Green Guides“, which is designed to help marketers with describing the environmental attributes of their products, so that advertising is truthful and non-deceptive [...]
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement 2012
In 1972, United States and Canada signed the first Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). In September 7, 2013, forty years later GLWQA-4, was signed by Canada and the United States. This new Agreement places [...]
Justice Department Appeals Ruling on Epa’s Final Mine Waste Guidance
The EPA has been dealt yet another blow to its process of handling surface mining permits. In National Mining Association v. Jackson, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found that the EPA [...]
New Michigan Business Courts May Play Important Role in Resolving Environmental Disputes
Governor Rick Snyder recently signed Public Act 333 (the “Business Court Act”), establishing a separate business court in Michigan. These courts will provide a unique forum for resolving complex disputes between business organizations, disputes within [...]
