The Law Office of Michael B. Green, Esq.
Post Office Box 2451, Seaford New York
11783
(516) 993-4357 (516)
908-7772 - Fax
Your Source for Computer, Internet, Telecom and High Technology Law
For a free consultation, please e-mail me at: mgreen@computorney.com
The
Law Offices of Michael B. Green, Esq. advises clients, particularly
from the Computer, Internet and Telecommunications industry, in many areas
of the law, business and technology including: drafting, reviewing, negotiating
and revising contracts, intellectual property licenses, residential and
commercial leases, asset purchases and software acquisition as well as
with guidance on discrimination & employment issues and general day
to day legal, business and technical matters.
Our office provides
an entire range of representation on Intellectual Property matters such
as trademark and copyright preparation, maintenance, and enforcement, trade
secret and confidentiality protections, license agreements and source code
escrow services.
We can provide you
with a virtual “turn-key” contracting process with templates and detailed
guidance on each step and on every issue. Moreover, we can assist you in
negotiating and settling disputes involving client, employment and vendor
agreements, solicitation and poaching of valuable technical employees,
collections and insurance claims.
Our office can also
provide guidance on human resources issues such as drafting and revising
employment agreements and corporate policies included in employee manuals,
interviewing and termination of employment, employee stock plans, potential
sexual harassment claims, whether former employees violated non-compete
clauses in employment agreements, independent contractor versus employee
status for tax purposes and reductions in force.
Unique and novel challenges are met with a vast array of resources. We are available to consult with you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Please call us at (516) 993-4357 or e-mail with your problems for a free consultation and together we will find a way to solve them.
Michael Green is also the author or co-author of several articles and has collaborated on two briefs submitted to the United States Supreme Court in landmark Internet cases. The following are some of these works:
U.S. v. American Library Association (“CIPA” Case) Amicus Curiae Brief - This brief was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on February 10th, 2003.
ACLU v. Reno (“CDA” Indecency Case) Amici Curiae Brief - This brief was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on February 19th, 1997.
Bridging The Analogy Gap: The Internet, The Printing Press And Freedom Of Speech - This Law Review Article was published in the Spring 1997 by invitation of the Seattle University School of Law.
Anonymity, Democracy and Cyberspace - Last Draft of Law Review Article unpublished due to discontinuance of publication.
Nameless in Cyberspace: Anonymity on the Internet - This was an edited version of the Anonymity, Democracy and Cyberspace Law Review Article that was ultimately published by the Cato Institute as Briefing Paper No. 54 on December 8, 1999.
Copyright, Fair Use
and ISP Liability on the Internet - This is a paper written during
the second year of law school and also published in the March,
1996 issue of The Ethical Spectacle.
The following are outlines from the 2004 Shareware Industry Conference presented by Michael Green.
Outline - Effective Contract Negotiations.
Outline - Confidentiality Issues When
Selling/Licensing Source Code.
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The Ethical Spectacle is an on-line magazine edited by my friend
and colleague, Jonathan Wallace,
Esq.
Our office is proud to have known and worked with retired attorney
Lance
Rose, J.D., LL.M, an esteemed pioneer in Computer and Internet Law
and author of the seminal,
NetLaw,
as our Business and Technology Law Consultant. His tremendous achievements
in the emergence of this field will continue to resonate throughout the
future. He will always be greatly missed.
“One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea...” Walter Bagehot 1826-1877