Bernstein, Shur Lawyers to Discuss Business Strategies for Web-Based International Trade

(PORTLAND, Maine) - Two lawyers at Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson will share their knowledge of international web strategies at a Maine International Trade Day 2000 workshop that examines the practical business, web and legal strategies for manufacturers looking to the Internet to increase international sales.

The workshop is part of the 20th annual Maine International Trade Day on Thursday, May 4 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. Anthony Perkins, the senior technology, computer and e-commerce attorney at Bernstein, Shur, and Frederick L. Lipp, co-chair of the firm's recently expanded International Practice Group, will join David McClees, president of Talus Corp., for the 2 p.m. workshop session.

The workshop, called "E-Global Case Study: Practical Business, Web and Legal Strategies at Work," will analyze the advantages and disadvantages Ñ including relations with customers, governmental agencies, foreign distributors and suppliers Ñ for a traditional manufacturer introducing a website to increase international sales.

Maine International Trade Day is held each year by the Maine International Trade Center and includes exhibits, speakers, seminars and an evening program with Gov. Angus King and Fairchild Semiconductor CIO John Watkins. Please call 541-7400 for additional information on registration for the event, which begins at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 4.

Perkins heads up TechVentures Group, LLC, a consulting affiliate of Bernstein, Shur that provides full-service business and technical consultation to tech-based companies throughout New England. The TechVentures advisory team works with start ups and existing businesses in all aspects Ñ management, finance, design, marketing, legal Ñ to help launch strategic initiatives. A resident of Gorham, Perkins focuses his practice on computer information technology, e-commerce and Internet law.

Lipp is co-chair of Bernstein, Shur's 12-member International Practice Group, where he focuses on international trade and counseling growing technology companies. A resident of Portland, he also is chair of the International Practice Section of the Maine State Bar Association. Lipp has served as Senior Trade Advisor at the Maine International Trade Center and advised Gov. King during trade missions to Asia and Canada.

One of the state's leading law firms with 60 attorneys in offices in Portland and Augusta, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson in 1994 became the first major Maine law firm to create a web site with its "mainelaw.com" Internet site and has remained on the cutting edge of technology and international trade issues.

The firm provides legal services in all major subject areas, including corporate and commercial law, litigation and trials, municipal and governmental affairs, and tax and estate planning. BSSN also has an active practice in intellectual property, technology, employment law, health care law, public utilities and other regulated industries. Its web site address is www.mainelaw.com.

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