Technology

Phillips Lytle has assembled a team of skilled attorneys from various disciplines to address the impact of transformative technology. As AI continues to rapidly expand into all areas of business, companies must also keep pace by understanding its implications and adapting their policies and procedures accordingly. The AI Team at Phillips Lytle is part of the firm’s Technology Industry Team, which consists of attorneys who are highly regarded in the marketplace for their expertise in technology.

Our team represents clients on myriad issues such as land use and permitting, contracts, energy, and regulatory requirements related to mining operations. We also provide representation on protection of digital assets, contracts, litigation, privacy and security matters for cryptocurrency and blockchain clients.

Phillips Lytle represents a wide range of clients in the data center industry, including developers, sellers and buyers, investors, and operators. Our team provides comprehensive legal counsel to clients throughout the entire data center lifecycle, from development, siting, and construction to acquisitions, sales, and ongoing operations. From site selection and leasing of real property to environmental and land use approvals, financing and deployment of fiber connectivity, and negotiation of microgrid and power purchase agreements, our team extensively supports data center projects. We also bring deep multidisciplinary expertise in regulatory compliance, data privacy, energy development, storage, and procurement, and telecom leases.

We take a multidisciplinary approach to our representation of data privacy and cybersecurity clients. Our team has experience in a wide variety of matters that range from statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements to handling litigation and other disputes. In addition to our representation of cybersecurity service providers and cyber solution developers, we represent a diverse set of clients from across a number of professional fields. The industries where we represent clients include education, finance, law, technology, startups, banking, manufacturing, construction, e-commerce, energy and government contracting.

Effective collection and preservation of digital evidence can prove to be vital to the challenges our clients face. Our experience with data security, digital forensics, e-discovery, emerging technology and information governance ensures that our e-Discovery Team provides our clients with comprehensive results and counsel for the legal challenges they face.

As startups can require legal guidance for a number of matters, our attorneys must possess expertise in a diverse set of topics to provide proper representation to our startup clients. Our team provides guidance on topics that include capitalization, commercialization, corporate governance, employment, entity formation, and product and brand protection in order to help advance their business interests.