This page provides a more specific list of the types of commercial and federal project arrangements for which the firm normally provides consulting and/or legal assistance. This list supplements the firm's Practice Activities description on the About Us page. This summary is non-exhaustive, subject to change, and the firm welcomes inquiries about the scope of its practice.
Commercial Transactions and Contracts
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| | - | | purchase |
| - | | sale |
| - | | lease |
| - | | service |
| - | | license |
| - | | alliance |
| - | | joint venture |
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Federal Project Subcontractor or Subject Matter Expert
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| | - | | subcontractor/subject-matter expert to both prime contractors and primary subcontractors |
| - | | contracting support services regarding: |
| | - | | civilian agency projects |
| | - | | research projects |
| | - | | defense agency projects |
| | - | | security-related projects |
| | - | | FAR impact and content |
| - | | supply-chain, acquisition, and procurement support including strategies, processes, efficiency tools, and implementation support |
| - | | alliance consulting |
| - | | intellectual property including federal and foreign copyrights and trademarks, and their: |
| | - | | registration |
| | - | | licensing |
| | - | | sale |
| | - | | use, and |
| | - | | protection |
| - | | outsourcing/subcontracting strategy and implementation assistance support, including strategies for maintaining valuable relationships |
| - | | new technology commercialization strategies and implementation support |
| - | | global distribution strategies and implementation support |
| - | | training in the above areas |
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Intellectual Property and Personal Right Protection and Agreements
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| | - | | copyright |
| - | | trade secret |
| - | | trademark |
| - | | privacy including personal data protection |
| - | | right of publicity |
| - | | licensing |
| - | | publishing |
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International business (In Addition To Domestic Business)
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| | - | | negotiations |
| - | | drafting contracts |
| - | | export regulations compliance |
| - | | applicable foreign law compliance |
| - | | counseling |
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Manufacturing
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customer agreements
| | - | | letters of intent |
| - | | signed agreements |
| - | | statements of work |
| - | | order acknowledgement forms |
| - | | phase implementation agreements |
supply-chain/procurement agreements
| | - | | purchase orders |
| - | | signed agreements |
| - | | statements of work |
| - | | volume discounts |
| - | | just-in-time deliveries |
| - | | returns |
| - | | exit strategies |
employee agreements
contractor agreements
independent sales agent contracts
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distribution agreements
| | - | | domestic |
| - | | foreign exports |
| - | | volume discount |
| - | | warehousing |
| - | | order fulfillment |
consulting services agreements
registration
alliances
| | - | vendor-to-vendor alliances and ventures |
| | - | joint-marketing alliances |
| - | vendor-to-customer alliances and ventures |
| | - | joint-information development alliances |
trade restrictions
| | - | | confidentiality agreements |
| - | | noncompetition restrictions |
| - | | nonsolicitation restrictions |
| - | | restrictive covenants |
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Information or Information-Related Services
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publishing related
| | - | | online publishing |
| - | | book publishing |
| - | | subscription publishing |
| - | | academic publishing |
| - | | educational material publishing |
| - | | trade publishing |
| - | | training content publishing |
| - | | other types of information publishing |
| - | | literary property or published content development |
| - | | publishing contracts |
| - | | copyright licensing |
| - | | copyright protection |
| - | | educational material database operation |
| - | | author consents, waivers and releases |
training related
| | - | | training services – traditional |
| - | | training content development |
| - | | customized training |
| - | | training content online distribution |
| - | | long-distance training |
| - | | virtual training |
| - | | Web-based training |
| - | | satellite broadcast training |
| - | | training contracts |
| - | | training content licensing |
| - | | trainer consents, waivers and releases |
courseware related
| | - | | courseware development |
| - | | courseware customizing |
| - | | courseware distribution |
| - | | courseware licensing |
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other services
| | - | | marketing services |
| - | | ad and promotional material services |
| - | | independent sales agent |
| - | | independent sales representation |
| - | | procurement representation |
| - | | negotiation representation |
| - | | other outsourcing services |
| - | | trademark licensing |
| - | | trademark protection |
| - | | other intellectual property licensing |
| - | | other intellectual property protection |
| - | | protection of personality |
registration
alliances
| | - | vendor-to-vendor alliances and ventures |
| | - | joint-marketing alliances |
| - | vendor-to-customer alliances and ventures |
| | - | joint-information development alliances |
trade restrictions
| | - | | confidentiality agreements |
| - | | noncompetition restrictions |
| - | | nonsolicitation restrictions |
| - | | restrictive covenants |
research services
consulting services
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Technology or Technology-Related Services
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consulting services
software related
| | - | | software development |
| - | | software customizing |
| - | | software maintenance/support |
| - | | software help-desk services |
| - | | software publishing |
| - | | software distribution |
| - | | software evaluation |
| - | | software licensing |
| - | | software sales |
| - | | software escrow services |
| - | | software porting or conversion services |
| - | | software training services |
| - | | documentation development |
| - | | application management services |
| - | | systems integrator services |
| - | | value-added reseller services |
| - | | disaster-recovery services |
| - | | data-processing services |
| - | | MIS or IT department management services |
| - | | contracts |
database related
| | - | | database development |
| - | | database customizing |
| - | | database licensing |
| - | | contracts |
not-for-profit licensing
| | - | | technology association licensing |
| - | | university technology licensing |
registration
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other services
| | - | | marketing services |
| - | | ad and promotional material services |
| - | | independent sales agent |
| - | | independent sales representation |
| - | | procurement representation |
| - | | negotiation representation |
| - | | other outsourcing services |
| - | | trademark licensing |
| - | | trademark protection |
| - | | other intellectual property licensing |
| - | | other intellectual property protection |
| - | | technology exporting |
| - | | technology rights transfers |
alliances
| | - | vendor-to-vendor alliances and ventures |
| | - | joint-technology development alliances |
| | - | joint-marketing alliances |
| - | vendor-to-customer alliances and ventures |
| | - | joint-technology development alliances |
trade restrictions
| | - | | confidentiality agreements |
| - | | noncompetition restrictions |
| - | | nonsolicitation restrictions |
| - | | restrictive covenants |
computer, switch, router related
| | - | | computer, switch, router maintenance/support |
| - | | computer, switch, router help-desk services |
| - | | computer, switch, router sales |
| - | | computer, switch, router leasing |
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Communication Activities or Related Services
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advertising related
| | - | | customer agreements |
| - | | agency template agreements |
| - | | copyright clearances |
| - | | trademark clearances |
| - | | promotional material clearance |
| - | | creative contractor contracts |
| - | | employment agreements |
| - | | foreign creative-talent agreements |
| - | | foreign agency agreements |
audio/video related
| | - | | audio/video production |
| - | | audio/video recording |
| - | | audio/video licensing |
| - | | audio/video distribution |
| - | | contracts |
| - | | participant consents, waivers and releases |
| - | | protection of personality |
multimedia related
| | - | | multimedia development |
| - | | multimedia licensing |
| - | | multimedia distribution |
| - | | contracts |
| - | | participant consents, waivers and releases |
| - | | protection of personality |
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music services
| | - | | music copyright |
| - | | music licensing |
| - | | music recording |
| - | | music publishing |
| - | | music distribution |
| - | | contracts |
| - | | artist consents, waivers and releases |
| - | | protection of personality |
consulting services
registration
trade restrictions
| | - | | confidentiality agreements |
| - | | noncompetition restrictions |
| - | | nonsolicitation restrictions |
| - | | restrictive covenants |
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Web Business Activities or Related Services (business-to-business and business-to-consumer)
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Web related
| | - | | Web site development |
| - | | Web site hosting |
| - | | Web site enhancement |
| - | | Web site management |
| - | | Web site help-desk services |
| - | | Web site page content development |
| - | | Web site links |
| - | | bulletin and message boards |
| - | | chat rooms |
| - | | Web-based ticket sales |
| - | | customer intranets |
| - | | Web site content licensing |
| - | | Web product sales |
| - | | Web product licensing |
| - | | Web services sales |
| - | | Web security |
| - | | Web-based billing services |
| - | | Web databases |
| - | | Web-based art viewing |
| - | | Web-available games |
| - | | Web libraries |
| - | | Web-based information sales |
| - | | Web-based information licensing |
| - | | Web-based subscriptions |
| - | | Web-based benchmarking services |
| - | | Web cast services |
| - | | Web advertising |
| - | | Web-based right-of-publicity consents, waivers, and releases |
| - | | Web-based promotional item sales |
consulting services
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e-commerce
| | - | | online training |
| - | | online training product development |
| - | | virtual seminar training |
| - | | Web/electronic/online publishing |
| - | | Web publishing product development |
| - | | Web publishing permissions |
| - | | e-commerce procurement |
| - | | marketing services |
| - | | copyright licensing |
| - | | copyright protection |
| - | | trademark licensing |
| - | | trademark protection |
| - | | protection of personality |
registration
alliances
| | - | vendor-to-vendor alliances and ventures |
| | - | joint-marketing alliances |
| - | vendor-to-customer alliances and ventures |
| | - | joint-marketing alliances |
trade restrictions
| | - | | confidentiality agreements |
| - | | noncompetition restrictions |
| - | | nonsolicitation restrictions |
| - | | restrictive covenants |
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Commercial Building Construction
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| | - | | General Contractor Approach |
| - | | Construction Manager Approach |
| - | | Total Project Management Approach |
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Outside General Counsel Services
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Business Formation and Maintenance
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| | - | | corporations |
| - | | limited liability companies |
| - | | partnerships |
| - | | joint ventures |
| - | | record upkeep |
| - | | employee and contractor agreements |
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Customized Training
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Efficiency Audits
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