pitblado.com Q&A 2500 – 360 Main Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 4H6 E. fi[email protected]| P. 204.956.0560 | F. 204.957.0227 Over the past decade, Adam has become a known leader for providing legal counsel to technology-based businesses, entrepreneurial and innovative ventures, and organizations intersecting law, technology, and the internet. He has acted for some of Manitoba’s largest companies, all of whom rely on Adam for specialized advice with respect to acquisition, development, use, protection and commercialization of technology and other intellectual property, as well as its privacy law implications. He also continues practice in traditional areas of financial and insurance services, and acts for multiple non-profit and charitable organizations at a provincial and federal level. He also regularly advises clients in the for profit and not for profit sectors, locally and nationally, with respect to their Canadian and Manitoba privacy and anti-spam law compliance obligations. As part of his privacy and anti-spam law work, Adam runs Pitblado’s Privacy Forum, with Andrew Buck. The Privacy Forum is a growing membership based group that meets quarterly to learn about and discuss the latest developments in privacy and anti-spam law, locally, nationally and internationally. Adam is a proud supporter of Startup Winnipeg, a private industry-backed, entrepreneur-led community and innovation support network. He assisted in the establishment of, and provides counsel to, one of its key components, AssentWorks, Manitoba’s only public makerspace. He is also a past Chair of the Manitoba Bar Association Technology and Intellectual Property (and Privacy) Law Section. Adam has been recognized by Best Lawyers ® in Information Technology Law, and by Lexpert ® as a Leading Practitioner in Computer Law. Adam’s practice has evolved from exclusively focusing on corporate, commercial, and securities law, to that of full-spectrum business, startup, innovation, information technology (IT) and intellectual property law. “You’d like your business treated like it’s our own.” Q: Communication device? A: iPhone 6 Q: Playing on my iPod right now? A: Compton by Dr. Dre Q: Book I’m currently reading? A: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga PRACTICE AREAS Business • Corporate and Commercial • Corporate Finance • Information Technology • Intellectual Property • Mergers and Acquisitions • Privacy • Social Media Sector Specific • Entertainment • Health • Not-For-Profit Phone: 204.956.3523 Fax: 204.957.0227 Email: [email protected]Assistant: Liz Amorim Phone: 204.956.0560 ext. 223 ADAM HERSTEIN, PARTNER
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pitblado.com
Q&A
2500 – 360 Main Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 4H6 E. [email protected] | P. 204.956.0560 | F. 204.957.0227
Over the past decade, Adam has become a known leader for providing legal counsel to technology-based businesses, entrepreneurial and innovative ventures, and organizations intersecting law, technology, and the internet.
He has acted for some of Manitoba’s largest companies, all of whom rely on Adam for specialized advice with respect to acquisition, development, use, protection and commercialization of technology and other intellectual property, as well as its privacy law implications. He also continues practice in traditional areas of financial and insurance services, and acts for multiple non-profit and charitable organizations at a provincial and federal level.
He also regularly advises clients in the for profit and not for profit sectors, locally and nationally, with respect to their Canadian and Manitoba privacy and anti-spam law compliance obligations. As part of his privacy and anti-spam law work, Adam runs Pitblado’s Privacy Forum, with Andrew Buck. The Privacy Forum is a growing membership based group that meets quarterly to learn about and discuss the latest developments in privacy and anti-spam law, locally, nationally and internationally.
Adam is a proud supporter of Startup Winnipeg, a private industry-backed, entrepreneur-led community and innovation support network. He assisted in the establishment of, and provides counsel to, one of its key components, AssentWorks, Manitoba’s only public makerspace. He is also a past Chair of the Manitoba Bar Association Technology and Intellectual Property (and Privacy) Law Section.
Adam has been recognized by Best Lawyers® in Information Technology Law, and by Lexpert® as a Leading Practitioner in Computer Law.
Adam’s practice has evolved from exclusively focusing on corporate, commercial, and securities law, to that of full-spectrum business, startup, innovation, information technology (IT) and intellectual property law.
“You’d like your business treated like it’s our own.”
Q: Communication device?A: iPhone 6
Q: Playing on my iPod right now?A: Compton by Dr. Dre
Q: Book I’m currently reading?A: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
•Presentation(withAndrewBuck)toISACAWinnipeg Chapter, “Mandatory Privacy Breach Reporting Get Ready toHittheGroundRunning”,November6,2017•PresentationtoRedRiverCollegeBusinessLawforITADMIN 1003BusinessTechnologyManagement,“ITContractingwith Clients”,October6,2017•Presentation(withAndrewBuck)toprivateclient,“CASL TurnsThree,WhatYouNeedtoKnow”,September10,2017•Presentation(withAndrewBuck)toPrivateClient,“WhatYou NeedtoKnowAboutCASLforJuly1,2017”,May31,2017•PresentationtoCEORoundtable,“MandatoryPrivacyBreach NotificationandReportingRegulations”,May29,2017•PresentationtoRedRiverCollegeBusinessLawforITADMIN 1003BusinessTechnologyManagement,“ITContractingwith Clients”,October6,2017•Presentation(withAndrewBuck)toprivateclient,“CASL TurnsThree,WhatYouNeedtoKnow”,September10,2017•Presentation(withAndrewBuck)toPrivateClient,“WhatYou NeedtoKnowAboutCASLforJuly1,2017”,May31,2017•PresentationtoCEORoundtable,“MandatoryPrivacyBreach NotificationandReportingRegulations”,May29,2017•PresentationtoRedRiverCollegeBusinessLawforITADMIN 1003BusinessTechnologyManagement,“ITContractingwith Clients”,October6,2017•Presentation(withAndrewBuck)toprivateclient,“CASL TurnsThree,WhatYouNeedtoKnow”,September10,2017•Presentation(withAndrewBuck)toPrivateClient,“WhatYou NeedtoKnowAboutCASLforJuly1,2017”,May31,2017•PresentationtoCEORoundtable,“MandatoryPrivacyBreach NotificationandReportingRegulations”,May29,2017•PresentationtoRedRiverCollegeBUSA-2007Businessand Management for Information Technology Business Technology,“ITContractingwithClients”,November6,2016•PresentationtoManitobaBarAssociationTechnologyand IntellectualPropertySection,“TermsofUseandTermsof Service(TOU/TOS)”,March14,2016•Presenter,“’TermsofService’forSmartDevelopers”, NewMediaManitoba,October20,2015•Presenter,“IntellectualProperty:WhatitisandHowto MaximizeitsValue”,UniversityofManitobaAsperSchool ofBusiness,March24,2015•Presenter,“Music:MyFirstLove”,PechaKuchaNight, February26,2015•Presenter,“ITContractingwithClients”,RedRiverCollege BusinessInformationTechnology(BIT),November27,2013•Presenter,“SuperchargeyourStartUp”,NewMedia Manitoba,September19,2013
LECTURES, SPEECHES AND PUBLICATIONS
•Presenter,“BoardPolicyforToday’sNewMedia”, TheInstituteofCorporateDirectorsManitobaChapter, November21,2012•Presenter,“ITContractingwithClients”,RedRiverCollege ElectronicCommerce–WEBD-2000,November14,2012•Co-Presenter(withKarenPoetker),“ClientContractand LitigationPrimerforArtists”,ACIManitoba,October25,2012•Co-Presenter(withKarenPoetker),“Clientsareawesome, except when they’re not. A guide to project contracts”, NewMediaManitob,March20,2012•Presenter,“ThePowerofSocialMedia–Opportunities andRisksforBoards”,TheInstituteofCorporateDirectors ManitobaChapter,February15,2012•Moderator,“CloudComputing–What’sBehindtheFog Bank?”, Manitoba Bar Association’s Mid-Winter Conference, January20,2012•Presenter,“StopBeingStupidAboutIntellectualProperty”, NewMediaManitoba,September20,2011•Presenter,“CloudComputing”,InvestorsGroup/ MackenzieFinancialJointMeetingofComplianceand LegalDepartments,September15,2011•Presenter,“AnnualUpdateonITLaw”,ManitobaBar Association Technology and Intellectual Property Section Meeting,June14,2011•Co-Presenter(withBrianT.D.Bowman),“CloudComputing, Puffywhiteorstormy–whatkindofcloudisyourcompany entering?”, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association ManitobaChapter,May25,2011•Co-Presenter(withBrianT.D.Bowman),“ThePowerand Pain of Social Media”, Manitoba Association of Risk and InsuranceManagers,February22,2011•Presenter,“TechnologyContracting:Thoughts,Tipsand Trends”,RobsonHall,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofManitoba, InternetandE-CommerceLaw,October28,2010•Presenter,“SelectedLegalitiesofRunningaNewMedia Business”,NewMediaManitoba,October4,2010•Presenter,“TheLegalAspectsofSocialMedia:Whatyou NeedtoKnowandDo”,AcuityForums–ExecutingSocial MediaWinnipeg,September17,2010•Presenter,“TheLegalAspectsofSocialMedia:Whatyou NeedtoKnowandDo”,AcuityForums–ExecutingSocial MediaRegina,September16,2010•Presenter,“ACrashCourseinIntellectualProperty–Whatit isandHowtoMaximizeitsValue”,Entrepreneurshipand NewVentureCreationCourse,July9,2010•Presenter,“AnnualUpdateonITLaw”,ManitobaBar Association Technology and Intellectual Property Law SectionMeeting,June9,2010
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pitblado.com2500 – 360 Main Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 4H6
•Author,Pitbladoblog,“CoveryourAssets:Securingyour LoanstoyourBusiness“,May31,2010•Co-Presenter(withBrianT.D.Bowman),“ThePower and Pain of Social Media”, Canadian Corporate Counsel AssociationManitobaChapter,May25,2010•Author,Pitbladoblog,“That’sJustNotAcceptable”– AcceptableUsePoliciesintheWorkplace“,March25,2010•Co-Presenter(withRobertWatchman),“What’sNewinIT Law?”,MTSAllstreamInc.LegalDepartment, February19,2010•Presenter,“10-ishThingsyouShouldKnowabout Technology Contracting”, Robson Hall, Faculty of Law, UniversityofManitoba,InternetandE-CommerceLaw, February11,2010•Author,Slawpost,“Manitoba:InnovativeFighterofChild SexualExploitation“,May25,2009•Presenter,“ConfidentialityAgreements”,ManitobaBar Association Technology and Intellectual Property Law SectionMeeting,March31,2009•Facilitator,LearningGroup,CanadianCentreforProfessional LegalEducationinbusiness(CPLED),2009,2011–Present•GuestLecturerandNegotiationFacilitator,“Business Transactions:TheArtoftheDeal”,RobsonHall, FacultyofLaw,UniversityofManitoba,2007–Present•SessionalInstructor,“SolicitorsTransactions”,RobsonHall, FacultyofLaw,UniversityofManitoba,2003–2005•RoundtableDiscussionModerator,“E-Commerce, E-Business,On-lineSales–WorldWideWeborWildWild West:SometimesIt’sUptoYou”,ManitobaBarAssociation Technology and Intellectual Property Law Section, Manitoba BarAssociation2005Mid-WinterConference,January28,2005•RoundtableDiscussionModerator,“PrivacyConsideration in the Purchase and Sale of a Business”, Manitoba Bar Association Technology and Intellectual Property Law Section,ManitobaBarAssociation2004Mid-Winter Conference,January30,2004•Author,“FollowtheRules,AcceptableUsePoliciesfor ComputersintheWorkplace”,TheHUBWinnipegChamber ofCommercemagazine,July/August2002•Author,“MakingtheRules,DevisingandImplementing AcceptableUsePoliciesintheWorkplace”,TheHUB Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce magazine•FormerContributor,monthlyupdatesonsecuritieslaw developments in the Province of Manitoba, e.carswell securities.pro–Internetsecuritieslawresearchlibrary
MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
•CanadianBarAssociationandManitobaBarAssociation, 1997–Present•Chairman,TechnologyandIntellectualPropertyLawSection, 2003–2008;2010–2014);Secretary2009–2010, Manitoba Bar Association•MemberofCouncil,ManitobaBarAssociation,2005–2007•Vice-Chairman,SecuritiesLawSection,ManitobaBar Association,2002–2006•Director,2003–2007;MemberoftheAdHocCommittees onPrivateEquityandFinancing,E-Commerceand InteractiveMedia,2003–2007,IT.Can(anassociationof Canadian information technology lawyers)•EmployeeCampaignChair,AnnualUnitedWayCampaign, PitbladoLaw,2005–2009•FormerDirector,CampMassadofManitoba•FormerMember,YoungLeadersWinnipeg,acommitteeof EconomicDevelopmentWinnipeg(nowDestinationWinnipeg)•FormerDirector,JuniorAchievementofManitobaInc.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL
•ListedinBestLawyers® as one of Canada’s best lawyers in Information Technology Law•ListedintheLexpert®CanadianLegalDirectoryofLeading Practitioners in Computer Law•LawSocietyofManitoba•AdmittedtotheBarofManitoba,1998•LL.B.,UniversityofManitoba,1997•B.A.,UniversityofManitoba,1993
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