​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​THE BOURNE FIRM

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Experienced on-demand general counsel for small to mid-sized companies not yet ready for full-time general counsel. 

The following are examples of THE BOURNE FIRM's experience with respect to software, SaaS and technology and how that experience could benefit you:

• ​​Drafted, reviewed and revised licenses, support and maintenance agreements, service-level agreements, hosting agreements, disaster recovery agreements, warranties, testing plans, help messages and other documentation relating to software, SaaS and technology.
  
• Drafted, negotiated and finalized complex master contract, and numerous statements of work, with respect to the design, development and testing of technology platform for case management of a myriad of healthcare transactions.
  
• Reviewed and advised regarding hosting agreement for various types of software, including customer relationship management software, loan calculation software and contract drafting software.
  
• Drafted contract for software license, hosting services and software maintenance between college and information technology company for software designed to process electronic payments for students, parents and alumni.
  
• Negotiated business framework documents and master relationship agreement, and assisted with revisions to compliance warranties and product exhibits necessary as a result of incorporation of documents from third party into web-based banking operations software. 
  
• Drafted license agreement for payment of license fee by farm credit banks for financial software license agreement.
  
• Reviewed, revised and advised with respect to software agreement designed to provide teaching and learning tools for course preparation, delivery and management.
  
• Negotiated terms of software maintenance agreement between college and information technology company.
  
• Reviewed and counseled concerning a wide range of agreements relating to information technology consulting.
  
• Advised regarding a wide array of software and SaaS matters, including development, quality assurance, pilots and licensing, large to small, complex to simple, data interfaces, financial data, international banking and record keeping for employee benefit plans.
  
• Conceived, executed and oversaw complex strategy for the protection of crucial intellectual property, including copyright, trademark and trade secrets associated with innovative technology valued at approximately $40 million.
  
• Advised regarding key actions necessary to protect intellectual property rights in software code.
  
• Contributed in vital respects to the design and implementation of fully integrated, compliant, cloud-based contract-management technology with a value of at least $3 million that required close cooperation among management, engineers, attorneys, technical writers and sales and marketing professionals.
  
• Advised about how loan software and SaaS should function, prepared software designs, drafted software help messages, crafted software rules and conducted quality assurance testing.
  
• Exhaustively examined and counseled regarding requirements for technical safeguards with respect to protected health information.
  
• Advised extensively regarding security incidents, including counseling with respect to security breach notification laws and contractual requirements pertinent to incidents.
  
• Reviewed and advised regarding security policy and procedures and policy for responsible use of information.
  
• Drafted terms of use for wireless hotspot services.
  
• Drafted privacy policy for web site.