We manage risk, so you can grow without a second thought.
Tech moves fast. Breakthroughs happen weekly, with government policy a step behind. When change may affect your contracts, day-to-day processes, or entire business model, keeping competitive and legally sound gets overwhelming quickly.
We stay ahead of tech policy, risks, and opportunities for you, so you can focus on what you do best.
Every company with an online presence needs tech law counsel.
Tech companies have distinct legal needs that require nuanced support. At SSL, we have spent decades tackling real-world challenges in tech and law for clients across sectors.
This means your general counsel or outside general counsel comes from a lawyer who understands the technology you own and use—well enough to uncover creative solutions for the innovative or unusual spaces you’re in.
All so you can:
Companies like:
Digital Agencies
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Datacenter Hosts
Ecommerce
Professional Service Firms
PropTech
Trust that you’re doing everything within reason to protect your most valuable assets should an issue occur. We’ll help keep you compliant with laws and ensure you don’t get the short end of the stick when negotiating or outsourcing.
Our grasp of technology law allows us to help you avoid easy-to-make mistakes that can bring on costly financial liability, save on resources with more efficient conflict and contract resolution, and even increase the performance of your tech stack.
Legal intricacies can be intimidating, but they can help just as much as they can hurt. By protecting your innovations, we can leverage the full monetization potential of your intellectual property to increase revenue or expand your product base. We can identify new opportunities to add business value as they arise. (And more actions like these.)
Tech law services
Being intimately familiar with the inner workings of your business allows us to skip the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach and tailor our services, from policies to contracts, to your specific needs.
Our tech law services can include but aren’t limited to:
- Software licenses and agreements
- SaaS agreements
- End user license agreements
- Website and app agreements (like terms of use and privacy policies)
- Developer and development agreements
- Reseller agreements
- Affiliate agreements
- Sponsorship agreements
Every technology solution provider should prioritize the protection of their intellectual property (original creative thought). Protecting your intellectual property is what gives you the exclusive right to use it, exclude others from doing so, and license it to others without voiding any claims to ownership.
- Copyrights
- Trademarks
- Service marks
- Trade secrets
- Trade dress
- Anti-piracy and anticounterfeiting
- Domain names
- Compliance
- Content disputes
- Product claim support
- Website risk assessments
- TCPA compliance
- GDPR compliance
- US-EU Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield Certification
- Data breach notification plans
- Data security policy drafting and compliance
- Regulatory investigations
No company is immune from data breaches or their consequences, and regulations like the PCI are constantly changing, so being compliant once doesn’t guarantee compliance forever. After a breach is contained, we can work with you to meet consumer notification requirements and review your policies to mitigate risk going forward.
- Response assessments
- Forensic experts
- Insurance carriers liaison
The right data retention policy maximizes your technology investments by ensuring your valuable IT assets only store the data needed to run your business. This increases performance, especially on applications that don’t perform like they used to.
We’ll help you build a healthy retention policy or assess whether your existing policy is being enforced to prevent a formal audit finding.
There’s often a knowledge gap between clients who occasionally procure solutions and providers whose job is selling their service. We like to even the scales by helping you assess your strategy, choose effective and compliant providers, and negotiate agreements with lower risk and cost. Overall, we work to help you shorten contracting cycles, realize benefits sooner, and achieve longer-lasting solutions.
- Information technology outsourcing
- Business process outsourcing
- Enterprise resource planning
- Managed network services
- Cloud computing transactions
- AdTech and MarTech
- Technology development and commercialization
- Distributed Ledger Technologies
- NFTs and Cryptocurrency
- Digital payments
- Corporate structuring, venture capital, and private equity
- Regulatory compliance
- Financial services
- Public policy and regulation
- Digital asset recovery
- Negotiated with a Fortune 10 company to resell our client’s software.
- Represented private and public organizations suspected of encountering cyberattacks or data breaches (including credit card information, personal health information, and other sensitive data).
- Negotiated a software license agreement for an international retailer to utilize our client’s software for public-facing purposes.
Frequently asked questions
What is a technology attorney?
A technology attorney understands the state and federal laws around new and upcoming technologies that are used and monetized by businesses. A tech attorney is usually brought in when a business or a piece of technology involves software, digital transactions, or the internet.
Why do businesses need a technology lawyer?
Tech businesses need a technology lawyer for their expertise in the unique legal complexities of the tech industry. A regular lawyer is proficient in general business law, but a tech lawyer understands the intricacies of data privacy regulation, intellectual property related to software and algorithms, licensing for tech products and services, and more.
What are the risks associated with emerging technologies like AI or blockchain?
New technologies are exciting and valuable but bring new legal challenges. For example, company AI-use needs to account for data privacy, algorithm transparency, and liability for autonomous decisions. With blockchain, there is the matter of the enforceability and jurisdiction of smart contracts. At SSL, we help identify and address these risks proactively, so you remain compliant and prepared.
Why can’t I use templates for my contracts or agreements?
While templates are often used as a quick band-aid for businesses getting started, they usually overlook crucial nuances specific to your business and the technology involved. They also fail to account for your objectives, risks, and requirements. At SSL, we ensure clauses are precise and comprehensive to give you a confidence that templates can't provide.
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What to expect:
- Use the form to schedule a consultation.
- You’ll talk with a real attorney about your business and needs and how we can help. Then, you’ll get an initial estimate.
- If you like what you hear, you’ll get an engagement letter and pay the deposit.
- We’ll get started protecting your business.