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   Fashion

 

  • Experience with apparel, cosmetics, fashion, footwear, jewelry, luxury brands, textiles.

 

  • Experience with typical fashion-related areas of legal practice, such as: consumer protection; distribution; employment; franchising; intellectual property (IP); labor; licensing; logistics; merchandising; procurement; safety (such as wearing apparel flammability standards); retail; sourcing; supply chain; sustainability.

 

  • Management of complex domestic and international fashion-related IP and patent portfolios covering diverse and various assets and products.

 

  • Management of complex domestic and international fashion-related IP issues, such as: copyright; inventions; patent (including legal support for the preparation, filing, and prosecution of patent applications); trade dress; trade secret; trademark.

 

  • Management for all activities of external consultants, patent lawyers and subject matter experts (SMEs).

 

  • Management of complex domestic and international fashion-related litigation issues, such as: alternate dispute resolution (ADR); antitrust; arbitration; bankruptcy; breach of contract; business dissolution; business torts; employment; financing; mediation; non-compete, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements; real estate; shareholder disputes; trademark disputes; unfair competition.

 

  • Negotiating and drafting of various fashion-related agreements, contracts, documents, forms and templates, such as for: accessories fashion order; apparel manufacturing; apparel merchandising internship; application for fashion order; clothing line order; clothing manufacturing; clothing pool order; clothing pre-order; clothing purchase order; clothing sale order; cross-default and term extension; custom clothing order; designer application; exclusive modeling agency; fashion buyer's order; fashion design; fashion design apprentice; fashion design business plan; fashion design internship; fashion purchase order; fashion show order; fashion week order; fashion wholesale order; freelance fashion designer; garment engineering; master services (MSA); men's fashion order; mother agency modeling; pick and pack services; production patternmaking services; school clothing order; service level (SLA); shoes fashion order; sports clothing order; sports fashion order; textiles and clothing; toll manufacturing; wholesale clothing order; women’s fashion order.

 

  • Negotiating and drafting of various fashion-related ancillary business agreements, contracts, documents, forms and templates, such as for: advertising; agency; agency and distributorship; assignment; barter; brand licensing; business sale; business separation; co-branding; compromise; concession; confidentiality; consignment; consultancy; contract manufacturing; covenant not to compete and non-disclosure; cooperation; design and consulting; digital marketing; distribution; distributor; ecommerce; endorsement; exclusive distribution; exclusivity; export-import agency production; fashion designer business plan; forbearance; founders'; framework; franchise; fulfillment services; general assignment, bill of sale and conveyance; graphic design; indemnification; inventory management; joint marketing; letter of intent (LOI); manufacturing and supply; marketing; membership interest purchase; memorandum of understanding (MOU); non-competition; non-disclosure; non-solicitation; operating; performance share; pricing strategies; procurement; product development; regional trade; retail clothing line business plan; retail partnership; sales agency; sales commission; service delivery; shop-in-shop; sourcing; sponsorship; statement of work (SOW); storage rental; strategic alliance; subject matter expert (SME); subscription; supply chain; supply chain and operations; supply chain factory; supply chain management; term sheet; transfer of branch business; transportation services; tri-party collaboration; vendor; waiver; warehousing.

 

  • Negotiating and drafting of various fashion-related ancillary corporate agreements, contracts, documents, forms and templates, such as for: asset purchase; bylaws; code of business conduct; code of ethics; corporate policies; joint venture; letter of negative pledge; limited liability company (LLC); lock-up; power of attorney (PoA) for S-8 registration; partnership; proxy; purchase and sale; redemption; share sale and purchase; share transfer; small business partnership; stockholders; subsidiary guarantee; voting shares.

 

  • Negotiating and drafting of various fashion-related ancillary cyber and information technology (IT) agreements, contracts, documents, forms and templates, such as for: breach notification; data disposal; data privacy; data security; eCommerce; end user license (EULA); hardware maintenance; helpdesk management; incident response; IT support; master service (MSA); patch management; search engine optimization (SEO); server maintenance; server security; service level (SLA); software development; software distribution; software maintenance; source code license; terms and conditions; terms of service; terms of use; web design.

 

  • Negotiating and drafting of various fashion-related ancillary employment and labor agreements, contracts, documents, forms, templates and plans, such as for: artist producer; bargaining unit pension plan; board of directors compensation plan; brand ambassador; collective bargaining; creative director; deferred compensation plan; designer; employee stock purchase plan; employment; equity incentive plan; executive annual incentive plan; executive incentive bonus plan; executive performance sharing plan; executive termination benefits; expert witness; fashion designer; freelance fashion designer; illustrator; incentive stock option; independent contractor; influencer; jobbers; long-term cash incentive compensation plan; long-term incentive award; management performance compensation plan; model release; national collective bargaining; non-exclusive modeling; nonstatutory stock option; nonstatutory stock option - nonemployee director; notice of grant of stock options and option; offer letter; performance share; photography; photography model release - adult; photography model release - minor; profit-sharing; profit-sharing retirement savings plan; profit-sharing retirement savings plan for hourly employees; project labor; recoupment of incentive award; recruitment strategy; restricted stock and unit award plan; restricted stock award; restricted stock grant; runway model release - adult; runway model release - minor; separation; senior executive severance plan; separation and release of all claims; separation by mutual consent and release of all claims by mutual consent; severance; single-booking modeling; special severance plan; speaker; stock and asset purchase; stock incentive plan; stock plan; stock purchase plan; supplemental executive retirement plan; telecommuting; voluntary deferred compensation plan.

 

  • Negotiating and drafting of various fashion-related ancillary financial agreements, contracts, documents, forms and templates, such as for:collateral; collateral and guarantee; convertible note; credit; cross-default and term extension; credit; debt settlement; escrow; factoring; financial consulting; finder's fee; fiscal and paying agency; income continuation protection; indenture; liquidation; loan; management loan note instrument; money transfer; payment; promissory note; rabbi trust; receivables financing; restricted credit; revolving credit; security; underwriting; waiver of certain payments.

 

  • Negotiating and drafting of various fashion-related IP agreements, contracts, documents, forms and templates, such as: brand licensing; copyright license; IP assignment; domestic license; domestic sublicense; foreign license; foreign sublicense; logo-use license; product license; royalties; trademark license; trademark security.

 

  • Negotiating and drafting of various fashion-related ancillary real estate agreements, contracts, documents, forms and templates, such as: assignments of leases; assignments of rent; borrower pledge; commercial leases; kiosk leases; lease cancellations; mortgages; purchases and sales; retail leases; retail store licenses; subleases.

 

  • Compliance with various fashion-related frameworks, guidelines, recommendations, regulations, rules and statutes about advertising and labeling products, making effective disclosures in digital advertising, using the Registered Identification Number Database (RIND) to substitute a registered identification number (RN) in place of a company name on the label and wedding gown label requirements pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other Federal administrative agencies, such as: the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA); FTC Care Labeling Rule; FTC Green Guides; Fur Products Labeling Act (FPLA); FTC Textile Fiber Rule; U.S. Department of Commerce; International Trade Administration (ITA) Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA); Wool Products Labeling Act (WPLA).

 

  • Compliance with various fashion-related frameworks, guidelines, recommendations and rules from domestic and international trade organizations, such as: the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Guidelines for Legwear, Hosiery, and Sock Testing; American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM); Canadian Apparel Federation (CAF); Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA); International Labour Organization (ILO); World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.

 

  • Compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 21 CFR related to cosmetics – Part 73 Subpart C, Part 74 Subpart C, Part 82 Subparts B, C, and D – informational guidelines – such as the Cosmetic Labeling Guide, Key Legal Concepts: Interstate Commerce, Adulteration, and Misbranding, Required Warning Statement for Tanning Products Without Sunscreen, Summary of Regulatory Requirements for Labeling of Cosmetics Marketed in the United States – Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tools – such as the Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP) – Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA), Microbead-Free Waters Act (MFWA).

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    Last updated 210107_2012

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