Technology
Overview
Carlton Fields is dedicated to addressing the full spectrum of technology companies' legal needs. We work both with established tech companies and with growth-stage firms on cutting-edge intellectual property, corporate, employment, and privacy and cybersecurity matters.
Technological advances are constant, rapid, and unrelenting. To address these challenges effectively and efficiently, Carlton Fields employs an integrated team approach to help our clients develop, protect, and capitalize on their technology assets and to help them rapidly grow their businesses. In every stage of our technology clients' life cycles, we render counsel with the goal of helping our clients succeed.
Adtech
We assist advertisers, agencies, publishers, and tech companies with regulatory compliance, privacy consulting, data rights, terms of service, brand protection, M&A support, and contract review.
Aviation
Our aviation practice includes licensed pilots and advises aircraft manufacturers and pilots on regulatory, litigation, and intellectual property matters. We have experience with unmanned aerial vehicles and drones, particularly in construction and surveying high-density areas. Additionally, we support companies offering software and hardware services for aviation and transit systems.
Blockchain and Digital Currency
We take a proactive approach to blockchain-related issues, including cryptocurrencies and smart contracts. For growth-stage companies like exchanges, we offer cost-effective regulatory and transactional support. For established firms, including financial services and merchants, we collaborate with in-house teams to integrate blockchain technologies while minimizing legal risks.
Edtech
Our attorneys serve as trusted outside counsel to K-12 schools and colleges and universities, including some of the top private boarding schools and universities where we serve as outside general counsel. Our technology attorneys partner with our education practice to serve companies that provide software, hardware, and related consulting solutions to education customers. This support includes contract review, employment and outsourcing advice, M&A, intellectual property services, and, when necessary, litigation on intellectual property and complex billing disputes.
Fintech
Our attorneys have partnered with financial services clients for 120 years, evolving with fintech and payment technologies to enhance accessibility in banking and insurance. We support traditional banks, financial firms, private equity, and venture capital, along with growth-stage companies driving innovation in fintech. We also specialize in legal services for the crowdfunding industry and insurance providers.
Health Care Technology and Electronic Health Records
We offer regulatory support, intellectual property protection, contract review, and privacy and cybersecurity advice in this highly regulated environment. We also address telehealth and telemedicine issues and assist providers of electronic medical billing services with internal investigations, government inquiries, and class action defense.
Insurtech
Our attorneys have collaborated with in-house legal teams and service providers in the insurance industry, navigating significant changes in underwriting, claims adjusting, and marketing. We support service providers working with various insurance sectors, including property and casualty, automotive, and life insurance. Our clients include some of the largest insurance and reinsurance companies and brokerages in the world, and we help them innovate and develop technology. We bring this experience to scale providing regulatory, employment, intellectual property, and privacy support to growth-stage companies and tech disruptors.
Information Technology and Cybersecurity
Our team provides transactional, employment, regulatory, and litigation support to information technology and IT infrastructure clients, including cloud providers and data centers. We also work closely with the growing cybersecurity industry, including managed security service providers, and such work has included M&A support, privacy consulting, and contract review.
Online Commerce
We represent major online retailers, businesses, and those supporting the supply chain. Our services include intellectual property protection, employment advice, and cybersecurity and privacy support. We also work with insurance carriers and brokers with a direct-to-consumer online presence. Our experience covers corporate transactions, consumer litigation, and cybersecurity incident response.
Software, Mobile Applications, and Software as a Service (SaaS)
We have extensive experience representing software and SaaS companies. We support established developers, growth-stage companies, and individual entrepreneurs, providing services such as monitoring intellectual property portfolios at a fixed monthly cost. Recent projects include support for distance learning software, addressing Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) compliance for data collection on minors, as well as legal support for virtual reality and simulations.
Telecommunications
We serve some of the largest mobile and telecommunications providers in the world on issues including significant mergers and acquisitions, the development of fraud recovery programs, cybersecurity advice and incident response (including as to consumer proprietary network information), and legal issues involving 5G and related technology.
Technology and Intellectual Property Transactions
Our technology practice covers a wide range of transactions, including nondisclosure agreements, cloud computing agreements, software licensing, hardware acquisition, and website development hosting and maintenance agreements, marketing and distribution agreements, and agreements involving digital signatures.
We advise on all aspects of technology transactions, from developing requests for proposals and evaluating vendors to drafting documentation, negotiating terms, and finalizing deals, as well as providing post-closing counsel.
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