Technology

Morgan Lewis recognizes that change, innovation, and competitive edge are the lifeblood of our clients across the hardware, software, Internet, wireless, semiconductor, and cleantech sectors. With up-to-the minute command of the trends, emerging markets, and evolving law and regulation affecting the technology industry, we collaborate with globally established leaders in this space—as well as with some of the world's most promising, innovative startups—to clear the way toward their strategic goals.

The distinct advantage we lend our clients: our experience handling many of the industry's groundbreaking transactions; innovative corporate strategies; high-stakes commercial disputes; game-changing workforce concerns; and mission-critical intellectual property matters. For those we represent, this comprehensive insight translates into an ability to anticipate and seize emerging opportunities while minimizing risk.

Asia
Through representations and local partnerships in Greater China, India and Japan, our multi-disciplinary team brings an in-depth understanding of the nuances of business practices, laws, and cultures across Asia in service to technology industry clients. Details >>

Corporate Issues & Technology Transactions
We assist public and private companies in structuring, negotiating, and implementing a wide range of technology-based transactions. We also provide a comprehensive suite of corporate and transactional services, handling everything from venture capital financing to mergers and acquisitions. Details >>

Immigration & Workforce Mobility
Morgan Lewis's Immigration Practice has one of the firm's highest concentrations of technology clients. We offer an understanding of immigration issues and cultural values around the globe, and particularly in Asia. Details >>

Labor, Employment & Benefits
For more than half a century, our lawyers have helped clients negotiate the ever-changing landscape of federal, state, and local laws that govern the workplace and ultimately affect a company's bottom line. Details >>

Litigation
Litigation clients include industry leaders in computer equipment and networking, software solutions systems, semiconductor equipment, consumer electronics, telecommunications, medical devices, and other technical areas. We also represent some of the world's most innovative startups engaged in industries such as online retailing, telecommunications, and battery technologies. Details >>

Outsourcing
We have represented companies involved in a wide variety of industries—including technology, information and communications, online dating, media, music, among many others—in outsourcing various business processes. Details >>

Patent Strategy & Litigation
Our lawyers, patent agents, and technical professionals bring to clients strong backgrounds in a wide variety of disciplines, including computer software, electrical, mechanical, bioinformatics, and business methods. Many of our patent lawyers and patent agents have science or engineering backgrounds, and many have advanced technical degrees. Details >>

Privacy
With industry-specific command of a full spectrum of privacy and data-flow concerns, Morgan Lewis lawyers customize privacy solutions and policies to meet each client's business needs. Details >>

Trademark & Copyright
For technology companies—as well as our other clients—Morgan Lewis provides personalized and efficient service backed by the resources of an international law firm to assist these enterprises in capitalizing upon and protecting their prized trademarks and copyrights. We represent some of the most significant technology, networking, software and hardware companies in the world. Details >>

Trade Secrets & Noncompetition
We help clients protect their inventions, processes, methodology, information, formulae, client lists, ideas, and other trade secrets utilizing an approach that begins with strategic counseling. Details >>