Industries Served
 Communications
We have unparalleled
depth and breadth in
Cable Television,
Telecommunications,
Broadcasting,
Internet, Privacy and e-Commerce, and 700MHz
Energy
Regulatory,
General Business, Corporate & Securities expertise in the Electric, Natural Gas and Transportation industries.
Other
We also represent startup, established and international entities in a varied range of industries.
Practice Groups
Corporate & Securities
Regulatory/Administrative
Privacy, Internet &
e-Commerce
Litigation
Antitrust
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Internet, Privacy, and e-Commerce
Fleischman and Harding has provided innovative counsel on privacy matters to its clients in highly regulated businesses long before customer privacy became the prominent issue it is today. Building on that base, we have provided cutting-edge legal representation that has helped our clients stay ahead of the explosion of privacy issues driven by technology and new statutory requirements. Because we represent clients with business activities across the country, we constantly monitor and help our clients reconcile state law privacy requirements with often conflicting federal requirements. We advise clients on the following:
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Develop strategies to protect against the potentially crippling exposures from privacy violations while meeting business needs to collect and use protected information.
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Create the all-important internal documentation and external disclosures that give life to the strategies.
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Establish protocols for handling various demands to produce customer information that arise from letters, warrants, subpoenas and court orders relative to investigations by law enforcement, as well as a variety of demands arising from threatened, pending or active civil litigation.
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Comprehensive audits of privacy practices to help ensure compliance with legal requirements, while seeking to minimize exposure that results from theft of customers identities.
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The firm also assists a wide variety of clients, ranging from Internet Service Providers (ISP) to businesses with websites, on an array of compliance issues. We also:
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Perform both pre- and post-launch website reviews for appropriate disclosures.
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Draft website privacy policies, acceptable use policies, intellectual property disclosures, terms of service, and other legal compliance matters.
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Counsel clients on e-Commerce issues including electronic bill presentment and payment (both recurring and one-time payments)
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Online account profile editing and order fulfillment, as well as the intricacies of using electronic funds transfers and card-not-present credit card payments.
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