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Visit IT Law BlogInformation Technology is essential to virtually every business.  At Foster Swift, the Information Technology practice area is a cross-disciplinary team of attorneys with experience representing clients on both the vendor and user side of information technology transactions, litigation, and related copyright and trademark matters. Our attorneys are also experienced in HIPAA and other privacy and electronic security compliance matters.

The Foster Swift IT Section represents the interests of not only IT clients, but also many non-technology companies that encounter issues related to information technology, privacy and safeguarding propriety data.  From litigation, which includes electronic discovery, to licensing and other transactional matters, the Foster Swift IT Section provides quality and timely services to secure and advance its clients' interests in today's digital age.

TRANSACTIONS AND AGREEMENTS

Clients retain our IT team for the negotiation and drafting of agreements for information technology services and products, including the following:

  • Software licenses, development contracts, implementation and maintenance agreements
  • Source Code development
  • Master Service Agreements 
  • Hardware acquisition, installation and maintenance agreements
  • WiFi, Electronic Network and web-site development and hosting agreements
  • Application service provider agreements
  • Information technology outsourcing and related business processing services
  • Electronic signatures issues and related e-commerce transactions
  • Electronic record retention policies
  • EDI and trading partner agreements
  • Network, Internet and e-mail use policies
  • Web site terms of use and privacy policies
  • Social networking site development and internet advertising
  • Capital formation, venture funding and IT Angel investing
  • National and international domain name registration and enforcement
  • Intellectual Property ownership and confidentiality

COPYRIGHT

Copyright and other intellectual property issues often accompany IT.  In many cases these are collaborative efforts so that it is to everyone's benefit to make sure "Work Made for Hire Agreements" and "Intellectual  Property" assignments are clarified in writing.  Clients conducting business online are also counseled on the implications and enforcement measures of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

ELECTRONIC PRIVACY MATTERS

The Foster Swift IT Section assists clients with various electronic privacy matters, such as:

  • The Child Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA)
  • The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
  • Development of workplace policies for e-mail, instant messaging and computer use
  • Internet domain disputes
  • Online privacy policies
  • Data transfer and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Agreements
  • Escrow agreements - such as negotiating custom agreements or making arrangements using our established relationships with all of the major technology escrow services

CLIENTS

A wide range of individual and institutional clients retain the services of the Foster Swift IT practice attorneys, such as:

  • Software developers and computer programmers
  • Web site design and hosting companies 
  • Application service providers
  • Online businesses
  • Telecommunication companies
  • Literary and artistic talents
  • Health care systems
  • Physician practice
  • Financial institutions
  • Insurance companies
  • Local telecommunications service providers
  • School districts and institutions of higher education
  • Local governments
  • Suppliers and trade associations
  • Manufacturing companies
  • Construction companies

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