Greater Chicago Area
For over 20 years, clients rely on Heather to help plan, launch, and fulfill legally-compliant marketing campaigns, promotions, and programs. Thinking of engaging with the public or customers in a new way? Offering prizes, donations, incentives, benefits, or anything else of value? Giving proactive and practical legal advice on related issues is Heather's daily practice. Heather counsels on advertising, promotions, privacy, and technology law issues as they apply to using the latest technologies and platforms for marketing, promotion, and advertising programs. She regularly works on multi-platform programs that involve digital videos, viral campaigns, web sites, mobile apps, promotional offers, giveaways, sweepstakes, skill contests, games, loyalty programs, scholarships, grants, incentives, coupons, rebates, and e-mail, text message, and mobile marketing, as well as all related agreements, terms, disclosures, and campaign elements. Heather also has unique experience handling all compliance aspects of cause marketing and charitable campaigns. She is widely considered a “go-to” attorney for clients seeking counsel when launching marketing programs with a charitable component. Heather is a member of the Association of National Advertisers and has been a sought after speaker at its annual law conference and webinars. Heather previously practiced law at Wildman Harrold (now part of Locke Lord) in Chicago. “Heather Nolan is our lawyer and our very own superhero.” — HAPPY CLIENT
- Counsels about legal compliance for advertising and promotions in all forms of traditional and emerging media, including giveaways, sweepstakes, skill contests, charitable promotions, game promotions, loyalty programs, coupons, rebates, web sites, mobile apps, as well as e-mail, text message, mobile marketing, and viral marketing campaigns. - Drafts consumer-related terms and conditions related to advertising campaigns and materials, promotions, web sites, apps, and social media platforms, and advising about related legal issues such as disclosures and consent/agreement. - Drafts and negotiates transactional documents related to promotions, including sponsorship, co-promotion, charitable promotion, licensing, and other e-commerce, technology, and promotion agreements. - Counsels on privacy issues related to marketing practices, web sites, data collection and use, and drafting web site terms of use and privacy policies. - Represents clients in various trademark matters, with special focus on clearance and prosecution.
- Counseled clients on running legally-compliant sweepstakes, contests, loyalty programs, and other marketing promotions and programs. - Reviewed and advised on marketing materials. - Drafted and reviewed promotion-related terms, rules, other documents, and agreements. - Represented clients in various intellectual property litigation matters, with special focus on trademark, trade secret, industrial espionage, and unfair competition litigation. - Counseled and represented clients in domestic and foreign trademark prosecution, maintenance, and enforcement matters. - Drafted and negotiated software licenses, hardware equipment leases, and other agreements involving information technology and intellectual property. - Counseled and represented clients in the areas of advertising, privacy, computer fraud, computer and network security, cyberstalking, and domain name registrations and maintenance.
- Edited and negotiated confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements for Venture Capital business unit. - Assisted in-house attorneys with legal research, including the priority of landlord liens against personal chattels. - Conducted due diligence for lease portfolio purchases. - Maintained and abstracted litigation and bankruptcy files for Capital Finance business group. - Received Heller Shining Star Award for the creation of intranet web site containing information about preserving creditors’ rights. - Assisted in marketing initiatives by drafting lease line proposals of up to $20MM.