Clara Martin

Clara Martin has served as a lecturer in law at USC Gould School of Law since 2004, teaching a course she developed titled “Contract Drafting and Negotiation.” She is the author of a treatise for the California Continuing Education of the Bar titled “Internet Law and Practice in California,” winner of the Association for Continuing Legal Education’s Award for Professional Excellence in the Best Publication category.

Martin is also a lawyer in private practice, focusing on corporate and technology transactions. She helps companies, large and small, grow in an intelligent way, with an eye towards maximizing their value and facilitating their exit strategy. She is a recognized expert in technology and Internet law, working with both vendors and customers in complex technology transactions, software licenses, software development agreements, hardware and maintenance contracts, internet and e-commerce matters, licensing, and technology transfer and commercialization. Her practice includes working with producers and distributors of digital content and her clients comprise some of the largest and most prominent organizations in the State, including universities, hospitals, newspapers, and school districts.

Martin was formerly a founder and partner of Cadence Law Group, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Shaw Pittman LLP and a founding partner in the Los Angeles firm of Klein & Martin LLP, which merged with Shaw Pittman in 2001. She was formerly in house counsel with responsibility for mergers and acquisitions activity at Honeywell (formerly known as AlliedSignal).

Martin has received the AV® rating by Martindale-Hubbell® (highest rating an attorney can receive for legal quality and ethics).
 

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

CNET
August 20, 2019
Re: Thomas Lenz

Thomas Lenz was quoted on a YouTubers Union in Germany challenging Google to demand more insights on how the company decides whether some videos are taken down or demonetized. Lenz said the company gave a range of reactions when it handled similar situations in the past."If you've seen the different facets of these issues arise, you study those and how best to respond," said Lenz, referring to Google's management. "You're going to be more savvy with those issues."

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Dorothy S. Lund
June, 2019

"Toward a Mission Statement for Mutual Funds in Shareholder Litigation," National Business Law Scholars Conference, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA.

Daniel Klerman
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“Law Matters – Less Than We Thought,” Bolch Judicial Institute, Duke Law School, Durham, NC.

Daniel Klerman
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“Forum Selling Abroad,” Comparative Law Work-In-Progress Workshop, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL.