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

The Washington Post
December 2, 2019
Re: Jonathan Handel

Jonathan Handel was quoted on Pete Davidson's nondisclosure agreement for attending his comedy shows, barring the audience from speaking about his shows. Handel mentioned that successfully suing a random fan for $1 million would be nearly impossible. “The optics of going to court and suing one of your fans is really pretty ugly,” Handel said. “It would be foolish to do that.”

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP

Scott Altman
October, 2019

"Are Boycotts, Shunning, and Shaming Corrupt?” Legal Theory Workshop, University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, VA.

Gregory Keating
October, 2019

Gregory Keating’s paper, “Is Tort Law ‘Private’?” was reviewed by Ellen Bublick as a significant work of scholarship relating to Tort Law in JOTWELL: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots), on October 15, 2019.

Dan Simon
October, 2019

“Confessions True and False,” Korean Society for Criminal Law, Yonsei University Law School, Seoul, South Korea.