Gig Economy
In Depth
At Cooley, we’ve been working with companies within the gig economy and startups for decades. While the gig economy supports collaborative consumption and freelance workers throughout the world, our lawyers at Cooley offer support to that infrastructure by providing a cross-office, cross-practice team of lawyers that provide the full range of litigation, regulatory, and corporate services. Our decades of experience representing cutting-edge technology companies allow Cooley to offer the most current, creative and comprehensive advice that reflects both our deep experience and our commitment to staying in tune with new regulations, practices and technologies that companies within the gig economy face.
Some of our experience within the gig economy includes:
- Employment advice that specializes in understanding worker classifications, administrative agency audits and assessments, as well as private workers’ compensation insurance audits
- Gig economy company business modeling based on evolving legal and legislative landscape
- Assist gig economy clients with trademark, tax and corporate matters that confront their business
- Serve as primary fund counsel and corporate counsel to numerous gig economy companies and crowdfunding sites
- Represent numerous crowdfunding sites and provide fund formation and general corporate advice
- Serve as the primary counsel for gig economy companies in nationwide consumer class actions
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