Business and Technology Law Firm

Maeder Law Office is a business and technology law firm dedicated to helping our clients achieve their business goals. Our commercial law and software attorney(s) represent clients in connection with complex commercial and IT contracts and related privacy and data protection issues. We provide legal counsel for drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial, SaaS, and IT contracts. We provide legal support for clients ranging from small businesses, startups, and established companies in the areas of business and commercial law, IT contracts, commercial contracts, compliance with laws and regulations, IT outsourcing, software, privacy, data protection, data security, and corporate counsel business services.

Maeder Law Office business and IT software attorney(s) bring a well-rounded combination of legal, IT, and business experience to developing solutions for clients that balance their business and legal interests. Our software and commercial law attorney(s) offer a range of customized services that help clients navigate laws and regulations, identify and manage risk, comply with privacy and data security laws and regulations, reduce risk, and advance their business objectives.

Legal services that Maeder Law Office commercial and IT software attorneys offer include providing counsel on regulatory compliance, business contracts, IT outsourcing, software agreements, technology transactions, website privacy policies and terms of use, cloud computing, software as a service (SaaS) agreements, managed services, general intellectual property counsel, employment law issues, and compliance with privacy and data security laws such as HIPAA and GDPR. Additionally, we provide corporate counsel for strategic initiatives and routine day-to-day business operational issues. Maeder Law Office works in a variety of industries, including information technology, SaaS services, cloud computing, health care, manufacturing, professional services, wholesale trade, advertising, and transportation.

As part of our practice, we offer personalized attention, competitive rates, and alternative fee arrangements for our clients. It is our mission to provide practical and cost-effective legal services that help each client achieve their business goals.

Maeder Law Office provides legal counsel to a variety of industries in the following practice areas:

Corporate Counsel Services and Commercial Contracts

Our corporate counsel services provides small and medium-sized businesses with ongoing corporate counsel from an experienced commercial lawyer(s) for routine day-to-day business operational matters. For larger organizations that have existing in-house counsel, Maeder Law Office offers additional legal support on a flexible and on-demand outsourced basis with commercial and technology matters. Small to medium-sized corporate clients with ongoing legal needs may retain us to act as their outside general counsel for ready access to an experienced corporate and commercial law attorney who is familiar with their business operations and understands their business challenges and opportunities. As part of our corporate counsel services, we provide routine contract support as well as managing and liaising with specialized outside counsel.

Maeder Law Office’s business and commercial contracts practice offers structuring, drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts for key business relationships and business arrangements such as distribution agreements, SaaS agreements, sales representative, employee, software, independent contractor, consulting, IT agreements, sales, and vendor contracts. Additionally, we provide assistance in developing corporate policies and procedures, website privacy policies, and website terms of service that are tailored for each client’s unique needs.

Our commercial contracts review practice is helpful for those clients who have been presented with a proposed contract and are seeking assistance with evaluating the contract terms and conditions to ensure that it aligns with their business objectives, and develop alternative contract terms that align more closely with their interests.

Employment Law Counseling

Maeder Law Office drafts and reviews employment and non-compete agreements. We also provide general corporate counsel with regard to employment laws and regulations, including wage and hour, employee classification, anti-discrimination, and FMLA compliance.

Technology, SaaS, Software, and IT Agreements

Our IT and software attorney(s) provide legal counsel in connection with a wide range of IT and computer software agreements, including cloud computing, SaaS, IT outsourcing, and software agreements on behalf of suppliers, developers, and customer end-users for clients ranging from technology startups and SaaS companies to small businesses, medium-sized businesses, and large corporations. IT and software agreements that we structure, review, draft, and negotiate include information technology outsourcing, IT professional services contracts, computer equipment leases, SaaS agreements, and software development agreements.

The founder of Maeder Law Office, attorney Linda Maeder, has a special interest in and knowledge of IT, software, and IT-related legal matters. She has an undergraduate degree in computer science from a top-ranked university for computer science and prior professional experience in the IT industry as a computer analyst at a major computer and IT services company and as a national account executive at a leading multinational publicly-traded IT services and solution company where she sold IT services and solutions to Fortune 1000 companies. Attorney Maeder’s software and IT industry experience allows her to understand the business drivers and technical aspects of technology transactions and appropriately address legal issues in IT contracts.

Privacy, Data Protection & Cybersecurity

We help businesses navigate the requirements of privacy and data security laws, including health privacy regulatory requirements under HIPAA and HITECH. We advise companies on compliance with privacy and data security issues, assisting them in ensuring that their data collection, processing, and sharing practices, privacy policies, transactions, and contractual arrangements comply with relevant privacy and data security laws and regulations. Our goal is to understand each client’s business, data, and technology, and provide counsel that is tailored for their specific needs.

Intellectual Property

Maeder Law Office offers general counseling on copyright and trademark law. We also advise on trade secret protection. Our services include handling business agreements involving copyrights, trademarks, and information technology. This includes drafting nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements, licensing agreements, collaboration agreements, and distribution agreements.

We invite you to contact us at 860-836-8338 or info@maeder-law to schedule a free consultation with a business lawyer. You can also contact us here. We look forward to speaking with you.