Corporate Law

• Counsel on strategic, operational and organizational challenges, including business entity decisions
• Secure financing
• Develop non-compete and confidentiality agreements
• Interpret regulatory compliance and securities law compliance
• Assist with obtaining capital from investors, including venture capital, while handling aspects of private placements and IPOs
• Negotiate alliances for strategic marketing, development funding, licenses to technology, equity capital and global distribution

Economic Development/Incentives for Investors

• Facilitate economic development incentive programs offered by federal government and New York state
• Offer eligibility evaluation, loan/grant application preparation, negotiation of project benefits, analysis of tax credits, deal structuring services and client representation through closing
• Interpret federal regulations and procurement, import-export issues and ethical oversight

Energy/Cleantech Related Applications and Incentives

• Build relationships with renewable energy companies including wind, biodiesel/biomass and ethanol developers, and solar/PV companies that leverage nanotechnology to produce inexpensive, lightweight plastic solar panels
• Identify and leverage funding for renewable energy innovation and development through sources administered by such agencies as NYSERDA

Environmental Law

• Guide businesses to research and develop nanotechnology in accordance with the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts
• Advise on compliance with the Toxic Substances Control Act for manufacture, use and disposal of nanomaterials

Intellectual Property – Patents, Trademarks, Copyright and Trade Secrets

• Formulate prosecution strategies for clients’ nanotechnology inventions
• Perform intellectual property analyses such as due diligence, patent landscape, potential competition, and surveys in connection with drafting claims for patent applications
• Oversee worldwide prosecution of trademarks in connection with nanotechnology products and services
• Perform intellectual property audits
• Manage international client patent and trademark portfolios to protect identity and brand value

Litigation

• Provide business and commercial litigation, including e-discovery services

Regulatory Compliance

• Advise on compliance with regulations from U.S. agencies including the Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Defense, Patent and Trademark Office and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Risk Assessment and Management

• Counsel medical device and pharmaceutical companies in risk assessment and avoidance
• Evaluate impact of new indications for use for established 510K products; off-label promotion by sales representatives, or implementation by health care providers of an off-label use; addition of a “black box” warning; effects of significant design changes; the products liability implications of filing a RiskMAP; impact of prior claims, lawsuits or mass tort litigation to competitor products; effect of direct-to-consumer marketing and advertising; and recall and crisis counseling
• Counsel on changes made to New York state law following adoption of federal Zubulake case law, holding the costs of document production must be borne by producing parties (typically the defendant in product liability lawsuits)
• Assist clients in streamlining their record retention policies, purging unnecessary documents, and reducing terabyte load to decrease e-discovery costs

Non-Legal Professional Services Through Our Subsidiary

Harris Beach recognizes that client solutions often involve more than just legal needs. Consequently, we offer a unique, comprehensive approach to meeting our clients’ pressing non-legal challenges through our affiliated consulting subsidiary HB Solutions LLC.

HB Solutions marketing and communications professionals assist clients in branding themselves and presenting their unique marketing propositions to potential technology partners and end users. HB Solutions can also aid clients with their strategic planning, project development, controversial and crisis communications management, public and media relations, as well as the tactical marketing vehicles to position and promote their products and services.