Employment Disputes in Computer and Other High-Tech Industries
Russo & Hale LLP handles a wide variety of employment disputes on behalf of either the employee or the employer.
Our attorneys are available to provide advice and legal representation on many employment-related disputes — relating to intellectual property rights, compensation, and severance:
- Intellectual property rights: We are frequently called upon to interpret and litigate intellectual property rights — the basic question of who owns the rights to a process or a piece of software or hardware.
- Compensation and stock option disputes: It is common practice in the computer and Internet technology industries for stock options to be offered as part of a compensation package. Russo & Hale LLP's attorneys are available to advise and represent both employees or employers in disputes that arise over compensation packages and offers of stock options.
- Severance: Leaving a high-tech company carries with it many special concerns, often relating to both parties' desires to protect any intellectual property rights they may have. We write and evaluate non-disclosure agreements, and we represent both employers and employees in negotiations over severance packages.
A Broad Perspective on Employment Disputes
We approach employment disputes the same way we handle any concern of our computer or other high-tech industry clients. Our attorneys always look at a client's particular concern with an eye toward long-term business or professional goals.
When you turn to Russo & Hale LLP for advice or representation in an employment-related dispute, you will receive more than professional and effective advice on your immediate problem. Your lawyers will discuss with you your long-term business and professional goals and craft a dispute resolution strategy that will help you pursue those goals in the future.
Contact Russo & Hale LLP
The best time to obtain legal advice about an employment dispute is before the conflict reaches the lawsuit stage. If you are concerned about a possible employer-employee dispute —over stock options, compensation, severance, or some other issue — we encourage you to take prompt action. Schedule a consultation with one of our lawyers. Call 650.327.9800 or send us an e-mail.
