The following are examples of THE BOURNE FIRM'S experience with respect to startups and how that experience could benefit you:

• ​Advised with respect to founders' rights and responsibilities, including founders' agreements, disagreements between founders and exits of founders.
  
• Counseled concerning intellectual property rights and protection, including potential intellectual property infringement, whether and how to register intellectual property, proprietary information and inventions agreements, notices of intellectual property rights and confidentiality agreements.
  
• Opined with regard to classification of employees as exempt or nonexempt, minimum wage and overtime requirements, factors for determining whether an independent contractor is an employee, unpaid internship programs, temporary staffing agencies, offer letters, equity compensation plans and liability for unpaid wages.
  
• In connection with raising capital, analyzed and provided guidance about federal and state securities laws, investments by friends and family, exemptions to registration, documents required to satisfy exemptions and disclosures designed to satisfy anti-fraud requirements.
  
• Drafted privacy policies, terms of use and terms of sale for websites; counseled concerning data management, state privacy laws and cybersecurity; and advised regarding rules relating to promotions, contest and endorsements, including social media influencers, as well as comments in social media with respect to fundraising, new product development and litigation.
  
• Drafted, reviewed, revised, negotiated and advising about a wide variety of agreements, and prepared related templates, playbooks and procedures, including for software a  service, licenses of artistic works, services, subcontracting, marketing and sales.
  
• Counseled concerning mergers and acquisitions, including drafting, reviewing, revising, negotiating, indications of interest, letters of intent and purchase agreements; conducting, and advising regarding, due diligence; drafting filings and consents and obtaining approvals; and preparing related processes, templates and project plans.
  
• Advised regarding critical issues relating to scaling, including debt financing, venture capital financing, entity conversions, spin offs, acquisitions, intellectual property, product liability, procurement, compliance, information security, corporate governance and strategy.
• ​Devised pragmatic resolution of complex matter involving alleged criminal and civil violations of federal securities law.
  
• Completed creation of, and establishment of governance structure for, global import-export company.
  
• Advised regarding sale of 49% interest in corporation, counseled concerning risk management and compliance with respect to key securities laws and drafted related documents.
  
• Counseled concerning protection of critical intellectual property relating to healthcare technology, including trademark registration, pragmatic practices for trademarks and copyrights and monitoring for intellectual property infringement to preserve and enhance company value and growth.
  
• Provided guidance regarding key risks, and crafted practical solutions to resolve those risks, relating to consulting arrangement between startup and multi-billion dollar healthcare services company.
• Advised regarding dissolutions and drafted statements of dissolution, plans of dissolution and consents required for dissolution.
  

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

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