• Commercial Real Estate

  • Purchase and Sale Agreements

  • Option and Development Agreements

  • Joint Venture Documents

  • Syndication Documents

  • Loan Documents

  • Drafting, Reviewing, & Negotiating Leases

• Residential Real Estate

  • Landlord / Tenant

  • Drafting, Reviewing, & Negotiating Leases

  • Evictions

• Compliance & Regulatory Counseling

  • FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) compliance advisement

  • State consumer reporting law compliance (including ICRAA, CCRAA, and equivalent state statutes)

  • "Ban the Box" and Fair Chance Act compliance across federal, state, and local jurisdictions

  • EEOC guidance compliance for criminal and credit history use in employment decisions

  • Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) compliance

  • GLBA compliance for background screening providers

  • State licensing and registration requirements for Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs)

  • International background screening compliance (GDPR, UK DPA, and other global frameworks)

• Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) Counsel

  • Formation and structuring of background screening companies

  • Reseller and end-user agreements

  • Data furnisher and data source agreements

  • Pre-employment screening policies and procedures

  • Adverse action procedures and disclosure compliance

  • Permissible purpose analysis and documentation

  • Dispute handling procedures and reinvestigation protocols

  • Accuracy and maximum possible accuracy procedures (Section 607(b))

• Contracts & Agreements

  • CRA service agreements and end-user certifications

  • Data licensing agreements with courts, repositories, and aggregators

  • Vendor and subcontractor agreements

  • Drug testing and occupational health provider agreements

  • International data transfer agreements

  • Background check disclosure and authorization forms (FCRA-compliant)

  • Investigative consumer report disclosures

• Pre-Litigation & Dispute Resolution

  • Demand letter response and analysis

  • Pre-litigation settlement negotiations

  • Consumer dispute and complaint resolution

  • Regulatory inquiry response (CFPB, FTC, state attorneys general)

  • Internal investigations and compliance audits

  • Risk assessment and litigation avoidance strategy

  • Coordination with litigation counsel when matters proceed to suit

• Industry-Specific Advisory

  • PBSA (Professional Background Screening Association) accreditation guidance

  • Continuous monitoring program compliance

  • Social media screening compliance

  • Motor vehicle records (MVR) and CDL screening compliance

  • Healthcare and financial services industry-specific screening requirements

  • Tenant screening compliance

  • Volunteer and nonprofit screening programs

Privacy Law

Privacy Law

• Compliance & Regulatory Advisement and Counseling

  • Advisement on a broad range of privacy laws, including but not limited to FCRA, CCPA, CPRA, GDPR, COPPA, CAN-SPAM, and state biometric privacy laws (including Illinois BIPA)

  • Advise clients on strategies to reduce the risk of privacy and right of publicity claims

  • Advise clients on managing legal risk across multiple jurisdictions

  • Advise on privacy and regulatory considerations for emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality, biometric data collection, and facial recognition

• Privacy by Design Advisement and Counseling

  • Counsel clients at the product design stage on data collection, retention, and use decisions before they become difficult to unwind

  • Advise on data minimization, user consent frameworks, and privacy-protective architecture

  • Guidance on age-gating, youth marketing, and COPPA compliance for products and services directed at or accessible to minors

• Monitoring & Subject Matter Expertise

  • Assist clients in monitoring and responding quickly to developments in data privacy and information security, including new laws, regulations, important judgments, and regulatory guidance

  • Maintain subject matter expertise in privacy and data protection requirements, including U.S. state and federal laws, the GDPR, and other global privacy frameworks

• Contracts & Policies

  • Drafting of privacy policies compliant with the wide landscape of privacy laws

  • Drafting of terms of service, GDPR, CAN-SPAM, and cookie policies

  • Drafting and review of data sharing agreements, data licensing agreements, and data processing addenda

  • Review of commercial agreements (SaaS, vendor, marketing, and partnership agreements) for compliance with applicable privacy regulations

  • Drafting of data use disclosures and consent flows for client-facing products

• Industry-Specific Privacy Counsel

  • Privacy and data protection counsel for the background screening and consumer reporting industries, including FCRA's intersection with CCPA and GDPR

  • Privacy counsel for advertising and marketing campaigns, including targeted advertising, influencer programs, and AI-driven ad products

  • Privacy counsel for technology startups, software, and platform clients at the product development and go-to-market stages