AMBA and Ice Miller LLP (formerly Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn Co.) are pleased to offer the following programs and benefits to all AMBA members.

Legal Resource Program
As an AMBA member, Ice Miller LLP offers you three hours of complimentary legal advice. Once those hours are used up, AMBA members receive an additional 3-hour credit each year thereafter when they use Ice Miller LLP for 10 hours of work in that year. To obtain legal advice and/or utilize a service, simply download and fill out the short application and fax or email back to the AMBA. You will be contacted shortly thereafter by an Ice Miller LLP associate who can address your particular question.

Legal counsel is available on the following topics: 
  • Computer law
  • Contractual disputes
  • Creditors' rights and bankruptcy issues
  • Doing business in China
  • Employment/HR/Immigration
  • Environmental
  • Intellectual Property (patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright)
  • Issues with distributors and manufacturers representatives
  • Joint venture and sales arrangements with domestic or foreign partners
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Real Estate (leases, property acquisition or development)
  • Restrictive covenants (non-compete agreements)
  • Wage and hour matters
  • Workers' Compensation claims

In addition to the complimentary legal advice, Ice Miller LLP offers AMBA members special set rates and fixed fees on items such as terms and conditions review and confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements.

Value Added Services
AMBA members also can take advantage of Ice Miller LLP's industry knowledge and advice via the following:

• Timely podcasts and relevant Webinars on topics of interest -
   o Recent podcasts:
       •  Intellectual Property Overview
       •  REACH Requirements for American Companies Doing Business in the EU
       •  Seller Reclamation Rights in Bankruptcy
       •  Joint Ventures: A Flexible Growth Alternative

• Monthly online articles addressing the latest legal needs and opportunities -
   o Recent articles:
       •  Patent and Trade Secret Protection
       •  Mold Lien Laws
       •  Prevailing Wage Requirements
       •  Patent Strategies

• Timely updates of the most recent inventions patented throughout the industry -
  o Recent patent updates:
       •  Plastic Patents Update, September 2009

Plastics Industry Experience
Ice Miller LLP provides practical, comprehensive advice and legal services to plastics industry businesses throughout the nation. From labor and employment to corporate counseling to creditor rights to patent protection, our clients receive advice tailored to their specific needs and business on a fixed fee basis.

We focus on one goal: meeting the needs and issues of our business partner clients quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. To achieve this objective, we call upon our years of experience and extensive knowledge of the plastics industry, the technologies used by industry members, and the issues and challenges faced and overcome by plastics companies to better understand our clients' issues and help them achieve their goals. This commitment includes serving on trade association boards and developing legal resource programs tailored specifically to industry trends.