Dorsey Announces Establishment of Educational Publishing, Technology and Services Industry Group
I’ve been working on this for a year and am excited about my firm’s commitment to this innovative, rapidly growing and essential industry. We have 35 attorneys who have joined the group so far. Please contact me if you’d like to learn more about our ability to add value to your educational publishing, technology or services business.
A copy of the firm’s press release is reprinted below. You can also find it here: http://www.dorsey.com/educ_pub_industry_group_pr/
Jeff
February 24, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS – (February 25, 2010) – International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that it has established the Educational Publishing, Technology and Services industry group within the firm to serve the unique legal needs of educational companies and organizations. The industry group includes lawyers from across Dorsey’s offices and practice areas, with experience representing clients in all industry sectors including traditional and online publishing, testing and assessment, e-learning, and academic and administrative services for the early childhood, K-12 and higher education markets.
“Dorsey recognizes that educational publishers, technology companies and service providers need effective legal representation as they evolve to meet the rapidly changing educational and business models of the 21st Century,” said Jeff Fromm, Dorsey partner and co-head of the new industry group. “This group brings together practitioners from throughout the firm, many of whom have years of experience serving educational companies and organizations, to provide an integrated, targeted solution for our clients.”
Ken Cutler, head of Dorsey’s worldwide Transactions Group, said “Dorsey has always served educational publishers, technology companies and service providers. We are pleased to formalize this practice into an industry group that will meet the dynamic needs of our clients in a more efficient and effective manner.”
Lawyers in the industry group counsel clients on a wide range of legal matters including mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets), tax planning, and commercial litigation.
Dorsey is a firmwide member of the Association of Educational Publishers and the Education Division of the Software and Information Industry Association, through which it keeps current on industry trends and contributes to industry thought leadership and knowledge development.
To learn more, visit the group’s web page at www.dorsey.com/educationindustry
Welcome Back
It’s been a while since my last post. Since then, I became a Partner in the Corporate and Transactions Group at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, a Minneapolis-headquartered firm that has 650 lawyers in 19 offices throughout the U.S., Canada, England, China and Australia. At Dorsey, I have an exceptional group of colleagues who greatly increase the depth and breadth of services I can offer clients. It’s also a firm that places a high value on professionalism and continuing legal education, which I really appreciate. Our internal training department, DorseyU, has several full-time employees who coordinate multiple educational programs for our lawyers each week — it’s already been a great resource for me.
In thinking about the “re-launch” of this blog, I decided to rename it from Business Law Insight to Business Law Strategy. The purpose of this blog, as always, is to facilitate an understanding of legal principles in order to help companies achieve their business strategies. While this blog strives to provide insights, of course, the real emphasis is on strategy. I hope you’ll find that the posts meet that goal.
I am also happy to announce that Dorsey became a new member of the Software and Information Industry Association, and I am in the process of forming a Publishing, Education and Training Sector Group within Dorsey. Among other things, I anticipate that this Sector Group will engage in the re-launch of the Surveys of Education Venture Capital & Private Equity that I’ve conducted on several occasions since 1998. We also intend to develop various webinars, presentation and seminars on legal topics of interest and importance to companies in this sector.
Please feel free to comment on any of the posts on this blog, and/or to reach out to me either through the blog or directly to fromm.jeff@dorsey.com.
All the best for 2009.
