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Commercial Contracts in the Time of COVID-19

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Date Wednesday, Apr 8, 2020
Time 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Location A link to the webinar will be provided upon registering
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The 2020 Publicity Club of Chicago Luncheon Series is sponsored by News Exposure

The outbreak of COVID-19 has disrupted commercial transactions across the state and the world and will continue to do so. The response to the outbreak and resulting market consequences will undoubtedly make it more difficult for some companies to comply with their contractual obligations. Freeborn & Peters' Andrew Goldstein and Meghan Tepas will address some of these changes along with the latest developments from the U.S. Department Labor.

About Andrew Goldstein

Andy Goldstein is a Senior Counsel in the Corporate Practice Group and a member of the Emerging Industries Team.

Andy focuses his practice in the area of Intellectual Property and Information Technology. He has extensive experience in the areas of intellectual property law, including trademark, copyright, trade dress; internet, website, cloud computing, technology, outsourcing, IoT and computer law in general; advertising, marketing, and promotion law; and entertainment law, including video production, theater and dance-related matters.

The Chambers-USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers, calls Andy a “business law expert,” and adds that "He is smart and versatile, with broad expertise and an extremely fast turnaround time." To view the award, click here.

Andy has over thirty years of experience counseling clients in the areas of intellectual property and information technology law and he has handled matters including: representing a major university at the dawn of the World Wide Web, when developers left the University to form a company offering the first web browser; negotiating landmark deals, such as telecommunications outsourcing contracts for AT&T and first-time software licenses with IBM; representing a consortium of Big Ten and other major university libraries in connection with the "Google Books" copyright case; assisting clients in developing website terms and conditions and privacy policies; and, representing one of the leading legal and accounting information publishers in connection with cases involving the unauthorized downloading of its proprietary online database and copying of the design of its new online customer interface application.

Andy has also served as PCC's General Counsel for over thirty years.

About Meghan Tepas

Meghan Tepas is passionate about litigation and takes a thoughtful and creative approach to each of her cases. She focuses on general breach of contract disputes and employment disputes including those involving breach of non-compete and non-solicit agreements.  She has extensive experience representing clients facing claims of negligent hiring and breach of fiduciary duty relating to allegations of employee sexual harassment and sexual misconduct. Meghan also counsels start-ups and small businesses with respect to vendor, customer, and employee contracts. 


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