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Email: aladd@fredlaw.com
Office: 612.492.7124
Assistant: Jill Beckman Ray, 612.492.7602
Life Sciences
Data Protection & Cybersecurity
Advertising, Marketing & Trademark
Intellectual Property
IP Technology, Licensing & Commercialization
Artificial Intelligence
Health Care Innovation & IT
Government Contracts & Grants
“In the opinion of clients, Ladd is ‘exceptional in a number of ways. She really gets how to be a business partner to large and complex organisations; she approaches problems from multiple angles; she solves problems creatively; and she knows how to present effectively to business executives.’”
-2018 IAM Patent 1000
Ann helps clients commercialize intellectual property and technology rights through a variety of transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, strategic alliances, collaboration and research agreements, material transfer agreements, development agreements, and technology and patent licenses.
Ann has a special emphasis on working with companies in the technology and life sciences areas, including diagnostic, oncolytic, medical device, telemedicine, and other health IT companies. Her knowledge of privacy and cybersecurity allows her to help guide clients as they navigate rights to “big data,” annex artificial intelligence, compliance with state and federal laws, and evolving industry standards for contracting around compliance and risk sharing in these areas, which are increasingly important in IP transactions.
Clients note that Ann excels at project management, is exceptionally integrated as a business partner, and call her a “friend and mentor.”
Ann is a shareholder with Fredrikson & Byron, where she has practiced since 1986. She currently serves on the firm’s Board of Directors and is a member of its Executive Committee. She is a frequent speaker on technology and privacy issues, and also serves on the boards of The Bakken Museum and Medical Alley Association.
What are the biggest trends you see shaping Health IT and the relationships between health care providers and the health IT companies?
Why are information technology licensors moving to “the cloud”?
What should licensees of information technology products do to get the most value out of the software they license?
What data and information technology issues should large health care providers be aware of when considering working with a developer for custom health IT solutions?
What is the biggest challenge to any organization trying to manage health data and information technology?
June 17, 2019
Attorneys Grant D. Fairbairn, Lora Friedemann, Thomas R. Hipkins, Ann M. Ladd, Kurt J. Niederluecke, Charles D. Segelbaum and David C. West were featured in the 2019 edition of the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals.
June 14, 2018
Lora Friedemann, Thomas R. Hipkins, Ann M. Ladd, Kurt J. Niederluecke, Charles D. Segelbaum and David C. West were featured in the 2018 edition of the IAM Patent 1000.
May 10, 2018
Join Fredrikson & Byron, Deloitte and other Minnesota deal professionals as they explore developments that are impacting the M&A market.
May 9, 2017
By Ann M. Ladd
The Federal Trade Commission has created a new online resource designed to give small businesses practical guidance on avoiding cyber risks and online scams.
February 3, 2017
By Ann M. Ladd
Like it or not, ransomware is happening, and will continue to happen with increasing frequency. In fact, a recent survey indicates that 93 percent of phishing emails contain ransomware.
January 14, 2017
By Ann M. Ladd
Do you give vendors access to your networks and systems? Use a third party to host your website, records, or an app? Use cloud-based services to store or process personal or confidential information? If so, a third party likely has access to personal data about your customers, employees, or other valuable company information. Moreover, they may have sent your information further downstream to their own service providers. Using state of the art cybersecurity controls in your IT systems will not minimize your risks of a data breach if you don’t also consider protections for your data in the hands of third parties. Do you know where your data is right now?
January 13, 2017
By Ann M. Ladd
Given the increasing frequency of cybersecurity incidents, and the growing impact of those incidents on business operations, reputation and assets, a board of directors’ oversight activities should include ensuring the adequacy of a company’s cybersecurity measures. The issues are complicated, and there are no simple solutions. But there are things Boards and management can do to begin to quantify and mitigate the risks.
June 1, 2016
Debuting in the 2016 edition of the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals were Lora Friedemann and Ann M. Ladd. Also ranked again were Thomas R. Hipkins, Kurt J. Niederluecke, Charles D. Segelbaum and David C. West. The IAM Patent 1000 identifies the top patent professionals in key jurisdictions around the world.
September 23, 2015
Fredrikson & Byron has held elections for the firm’s board of directors and the Fredrikson & Byron Foundation board of directors.
January 13, 2015
Fredrikson & Byron acted as legal counsel to Omnis Pharmaceuticals in a licensing agreement.
September 22, 2014
Fredrikson & Byron has re-elected David P. Bunde, John J. Erhart, John M. Koneck, Steven J. Quam, and Mary S. Ranum to the firm’s board of directors.
