Hal Ostrow

Hal Ostrow is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers.

Hal is a business attorney who focuses on serving clients who provide information technology and creative services. His practice includes:

Technology Transactions, Privacy, and Cybersecurity: He assists numerous businesses in formulating, negotiating, and drafting service agreements, statements of work, terms of use, privacy policies, data ownership and licensing contracts, and cybersecurity prevention and response plans. As a Certified Information Privacy Professional/US (CIPP/US), Hal tracks constant changes to privacy laws, rules, and regulations, and regularly advise businesses on compliance with laws such as the TCPA, HIPAA, CAN-SPAM, FCRA and FACTA, the EU’s GDPR, and numerous state privacy laws, rules, and regulations.

Creative Professionals: Hal advises software developers, designers, and other creative professionals in documenting their relationship with their clients – and clients doing business with creative professionals – including negotiating and drafting software and design service agreements and statements of work. He focuses on ensuring that all parties understand their obligations to one another and the terms on which each deliverable is to be provided.

General Business Counsel: Hal assists business owners form new companies and serves as a general counsel to numerous small and medium-sized businesses. On a day-to-day basis, he works with clients in navigating matters ranging from formation to relationships with investors to the interaction with third parties to mergers and acquisitions. He also negotiates non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-circumvention agreements – and resolves disputes involving restrictive covenants.