Providing comprehensive solutions for the acquisition, enforcement and protection of IP.

By patenting their innovations, our clients increase the value of their intellectual property and enhance their ability to compete in the marketplace. We work with laboratory and research teams and R&D and product development groups to determine whether, when and where it is in our clients’ business and technical interests to seek patent protection. And we don’t just file patent applications. Drawing on our experience with patent litigation, corporate financings and technology transactions, we implement IP strategies that conserve resources, add measurable value and give our clients a cost-effective and commercially practical competitive edge.

We help clients obtain more than 750 US and foreign patents each year, covering innovations that span the technological spectrum, including aerospace, biochemistry, biotechnology, business methods, chemistry, computer science, fuel cells, genetics, high-speed data communication, integrated circuits, materials science, medical devices, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, semiconductor devices and processes, and software.

We also prepare and prosecute patent applications internationally under the Patent Cooperative Treaty and by working with a network of seasoned patent lawyers around the world. Our experience extends to appeals, interferences and opposition proceedings within the US Patent and Trademark Office, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the European Patent Office.

Clients turn to us for their highest-stakes trade secret disputes.

We leverage technical knowledge, business acumen and legal experience to structure, prepare and negotiate innovative and effective technology-related agreements.

We help companies protect data, comply with evolving regulations, and respond to investigations and litigation.

Bringing significant depth and critical experience to government contracting matters.

Advising clients on changing priorities, new regulations, emerging threats and untapped opportunities.

We have successfully handled a number of the most challenging CFIUS cases on record.

Government Contracts

We provide legal insight and practical solutions for one of the most complex and highly regulated areas of business.

A deep and diverse practice focused on maximizing tax efficiencies and minimizing tax risks for clients nationally and internationally.

Clients turn to our seasoned team of attorneys—strategically located across the United States—to resolve nearly any state or local tax challenge. State and local taxes account for a high percentage of most businesses’ tax burden. There are literally thousands of these taxes that companies may or may not be subject to, depending on the nature of a given transaction and the requirements of various taxing authorities. The application of historical tests to determine whether a business is subject to state or local tax jurisdictions and the extent of its tax liability has become more difficult with the explosive growth of e-commerce, and the rules are sometimes counterintuitive and seemingly contradictory. We have structured our state and local tax practice to help clients across the United States successfully cope with the specific requirements of individual jurisdictions.

Labor and employment claims often are prolonged and may include discrimination, wrongful discharge, whistleblower claims and retaliation, along with claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and tortious interference arising out of business relationships and transactions, and we have the skills to handle cases with any level of complexity. Our record of achievement extends to all facets of employment litigation and dispute resolution in the US and European courts and administrative agencies, such as the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the US Department of Labor. We also have experience representing companies in class actions brought by employees, and in post-trial and appellate litigation.

Even in the best-managed businesses, employment disputes inevitably arise, and can result in litigation. We encourage active client participation in determining goals, strategies and tactics and in evaluating risks and costs associated with the litigation process.

Within the US, we represent clients at trial and on appeal at both the state and federal court level in multiple jurisdictions, in claims that span all areas of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, privacy, wage and hour, ERISA allegations and matters arising from executive employment agreements, non-competition and confidentiality agreements, and severance agreements—as well as in Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank and other whistleblower cases, nationwide class actions, post-trial litigation, complex settlements, and negotiations in multiple plaintiff cases. In recent years, we have litigated cases of first impression and under the wage and hour laws resulting in beneficial outcomes for our clients. We also regularly represent clients before administrative agencies, including the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; the US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division; the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration; the US Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs; the National Labor Relations Board; state fair employment practice agencies; and state departments of labor.

We counsel clients in all facets of traditional labor law, both in the United States and internationally. We have represented many clients in administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and in union elections.

Providing a strategic, multidisciplinary approach to help clients develop and use AI and to navigate the landscape of Big Data.