Overview
The software and information technology (IT) sector has been among the fastest-growing, most dynamic, and most important contributors to the 21st-century economy. Both its size and importance in our lives grow daily. Products and services built on, using, and delivering IT are part of virtually every business enterprise, from bleeding-edge start-ups to the largest companies in history, and generate legal issues, questions, and challenges of commensurate breadth and complexity. The explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) is supercharging innovation in IT.
Calfee’s commitment to the IT sector has grown commensurately. Before the "dot-com bubble," Calfee was among the earliest law firms to develop a dedicated IT Law practice comprised of attorneys with educational, technical, and work experience in the software and IT sector. Over time, that commitment has expanded through our related practices in Privacy and Data Security, IT Litigation, IP and Technology Transactions, and Technology Transfers, with regular support from Calfee attorneys in Intellectual Property, Corporate and Finance, Emerging Companies and Venture Capital, and Labor and Employment, among other areas.
We represent many software and IT businesses that are delivering new products and services and disrupting markets across healthcare, FinTech, real estate, education, construction, resource planning, control systems, engineering, logistics, distribution, search, document management, clinical trials, strategic planning and management, insurance, marketing, communications, defense, and other industries. We also represent many traditional business and industrial clients that are developing their own proprietary software and IT solutions and procuring and deploying the latest in software and IT innovations from their vendors.
Emerging technologies being created and adapted by our clients – from Generative AI to Big Data analytics to blockchain applications – fuel new business innovations and challenge the legal status quo. Our clients look to Calfee to help them identify and exploit new opportunities in the software and IT sector while managing and minimizing attendant legal risks.
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- Chambers USA 2026 America's Leading Business Lawyers,
- IAM,
- Crain's Cleveland Business,
- Cincinnati Magazine,
- Ohio Super Lawyers,
- Best Lawyers® ,
- The International Financial Law Review,
- Ideastream Public Media,
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2026 edition,
- Chambers USA 2025 America's Leading Business Lawyers,
- Washington Examiner,
- Corporate Counsel,
- Cleveland Jewish News,
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- Ohio Super Lawyers,
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- The Best Lawyers in America, 2025 edition,
- The International Financial Law Review,
- Chambers USA 2024 America's Leading Business Lawyers,
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- World Trademark Review 1000,
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- Crain's Cleveland Business,
- Cincy Magazine,
- The A Game: An Adcom Podcast,
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- Crain's Cleveland Business,
- Ohio Super Lawyers,
- Calfee's Adam P. Slepecky Presents to Ohio Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Scholars
- Business Insurance,
- Law360,
- Crain's Cleveland Business,
- The International Financial Law Review,
- The BTI Consulting Group, Inc.,
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- Columbus Jewish News,
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- Cincy Magazine,
- Law360,
- Ohio Super Lawyers,
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®,
- The Best Lawyers in America©,
- Claims Journal,
- Chambers High Net Worth 2021 Guide,
- Benchmark Litigation,
- Crain's Cleveland Business,
- Chambers USA 2021: America's Leading Business Lawyers,
- Law.com,
- The BTI Consulting Group, Inc.,
- Calfee's James Sullivan Featured in Two Articles Discussing COVID-19 Business Interruption InsuranceClaims Journal and Carrier Management,
- Cincy Magazine,
- World Trademark Review 1000,
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®,
- Benchmark Litigation,
- The Best Lawyers in America©,
- Workers' Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis,
- U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®,
- The International Financial Law Review,
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- Columbus, Ohio,
- Cincinnati, Ohio,
- Columbus, Ohio, February 10-11, 2026
- Union Hall, Cincinnati, Oct 6-9, 2025
- Cincinnati Regional Chamber,
- Cincinnati, Ohio,
- Webinar,
- Calfee's Columbus Office,
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- Savannah Center Cincinnati | 5533 Chappell Crossing Blvd, West Chester Township, OH 45069,
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Alerts
- Will Companies Get a Reprieve From U.S. Tariffs With Latest U.S. Court of International Trade Order?
- President Hits the “Pause” Button on the FCPA, Setting New Priorities and Promising Revised Guidance
- President Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order on the Use and Development of Artificial Intelligence
- Kentucky Judge Blocks Federal Contractor Vaccine Order for Employers in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee
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Industry/Sector Contacts
Related Industries/Sectors
- Banking, Financial Services and Insurance
- Chemicals
- Construction
- Education
- Energy and Utilities
- Entrepreneurs and Emerging Companies
- Food and Beverage
- Gaming and Hospitality
- Health Care
- International
- Manufacturing and Industrial
- Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
- Partnerships, LLCs and Joint Ventures
- Private and Family-Owned Businesses
- Public Companies
- Real Estate
- Retail and Consumer Products
Related Practices
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation Counseling and Litigation
- Appellate Proceedings Litigation
- Business Restructuring and Insolvency
- Capital Markets and Public Reporting
- Commercial Contracts
- Commercial Lending
- Compliance / Regulatory Services
- Construction Law
- Corporate and Finance
- Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Litigation and Enforcement
- ESOP Formation and Operation
- Government Relations and Legislation
- Health Care Litigation
- Information Technology Law
- Information Technology Litigation
- Insurance Recovery
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- IP and Technology Transactions
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation
- Mergers and Acquisitions, Divestitures and Sales
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Prosecution
- Privacy and Data Security
- Private Equity
- Public Company M&A and Board Counseling
- Public/Private Partnership Law
- Real Estate Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- State Government Relations and Policy
- Tax Law
- Tax Litigation
- Technology Transfer
- Tort, Accident and Product Liability Litigation
- Trade Secret
- Trademark Law
- White-Collar Defense and Investigations