Unique Legal Needs for Start-Ups
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About
This Course
Advising young companies comes with unique challenges. This program will help attorneys identify and understand how start-ups respond to legal counsel. Attendees will gain insight into the unique challenges faced by start-ups and how lawyers can best serve that community.This course is ideal for any lawyer who works with early-phase companies or is seeking to learn more about the legal needs of start-ups.Learning Objectives:
Identify the types of legal needs faced by start-upsExplore the obstacles unique to start-up counselingAnalyze a lawyer’s role in a start-up environmentListen to what start-ups wish their lawyers knewAbout the Presenters
Maria Sokova, Esq.
Crowell & Moring LLP
Practice Area: Intellectual Property (+ 3 other areas)
Maria Sokova focuses on intellectual property, trade secret, and complex litigation matters, representing clients in a wide range of industries and companies ranging from startups to market leaders. Maria brings a unique combination of legal and real-world experience to her clients, leveraging her IP and technology experience and deep understanding of the business objectives that drive her clients’ legal needs.Maria has experience representing clients in state and federal courts in technology-related litigation, copyright and Digital Millennium Copyright Act infringement, trade secret and trademark misappropriation, and complex commercial matters. Using her litigation experience, Maria also counsels clients on matters related to ...
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Joachim Steinberg, Esq.
Crowell & Moring LLP
Practice Area: Intellectual Property (+ 3 other areas)
Based in both San Francisco and New York, Joachim B. Steinberg (CIPP/US) supports clients on commercial, technology, and intellectual property litigation from coast-to-coast. He has broad experience in federal and state courts, including representing a client before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.Joachim has experience across multiple industries, including software, aeronautics, video games, and start-ups, and across fields of law including trademark, copyright, trade secrets, antitrust, and privacy. A native of New York City and admitted to practice in both New York and California, Joachim has significant experience counseling and representing clients in all business phases. He has successfully litigated—or ...
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