Outsourcing

Mexican Federal Labor Law Reform: What Companies Doing Business in Mexico Need to Know

by Brian Arbetter, Terese Connolly | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/16/2013

Mexico’s new Federal Labor Law (FLL) took effect on December 1, 2012. The reform seeks to modernize Mexico’s labor law. The new FLL’s major, employment related amendments include increased regulation of outsourcing jobs,...more

Capital Infusion - May 2013: Dealmaker’s Corner

by Adam Connatser, Jon Finger, Rani Hauth Guerra, J. Atwood Jeter, David McLean | Patton Boggs LLP on 5/16/2013

In this issue’s installment of “Dealmaker’s Corner,” Jon Finger, a partner in our private equity group, had the opportunity to visit with Kyle Bradford, Managing Director with American Capital, Ltd., concerning the...more

Proposed Senate Bill Would Adversely Impact Outsourcing Companies

by Steve Semerdjian | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/15/2013

A comprehensive new Senate immigration bill includes provisions governing the award of nonimmigrant visas for highly skilled workers (H-1B visas) that are likely to adversely affect outsourcing companies that use a U.S.-based...more

Labor & Employment E-Note - May 14, 2013

by Amy Jordan, Bryance Metheny, John Paul Nefflen, Thomas Potter, III | Burr & Forman on 5/15/2013

In This Issue: - Court Rules NLRB's Workplace Union Notices Violated Law - NLRB Urges Regional Directors to Maintain High Settlement Rate - EEOC Seeing Rising Number of Age Discrimination Complaints - OSHA...more

Global Sourcing Group -- Spring 2013

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/1/2013

Every year, we survey Morrison & Foerster’s Global Sourcing Group lawyers around the world to create a snapshot of the current state of the global outsourcing market and to identify emerging trends that are likely to shape...more

Superannuation Funds - Enhanced Investment Management Governance

by Jim Bulling, Daniel Knight, Gabrielle Palmieri | K&L Gates LLP on 4/26/2013

The Australian Government has been rolling out a series of significant regulatory reforms of the superannuation industry, many of which will commence in 2013. These reforms are fundamentally designed to enhance the prudential...more

Will New Immigration Legislation Impact "Landed" Outsourcing Rates?

by Roger C. Roy Jr. | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 4/15/2013

Many years ago, I walked through a client's IT development organization where all the "Onshore" resources from the client's ADM provider sat in a sea of cubicles. I was there to identify the causes of some issues that had...more

Outsourcing Options and Opportunities - Part 3: Law Firms in the Outsourcing Business?

by Chris Fritsch on 3/15/2013

Outsourcing is defined as the contracting out of an internal business process to a third party organization and, as such, it has been a common and accepted business practice for a very long time. ...more

Connecting the Dots: Carrying Costs, Outsourcing, Contract Lawyers and Working from Home

by Timothy Corcoran on 2/28/2013

Within hours of publishing my article reacting to Yahoo’s reversal of a longstanding work-from-home policy, I was engaged in a lively debate with a law firm managing partner regarding the benefits of a distributed workforce....more

Can IT Outsourcing Learn From Facilities Management Outsourcing?

by John Barton | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 2/27/2013

2013 began with a flurry of articles about companies insourcing work or rethinking their sourcing strategies. The reasons for this vary by company, but often include a perception that outsourcing has not delivered the cost...more

Highlights from Regulatory Initiatives - Outsourcing Panel

by Kenneth Adler, Stephen Cohen, David Fischer | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 2/20/2013

Loeb & Loeb LLP held its annual program, Outsourcing in Financial Services, on Jan. 23, 2013. Grace Vogel, Executive Vice President of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and Michael Macchiaroli, Associate...more

Outsourcing Options and Opportunities - Part 2: The Evolution of Law Firm Outsourcing

by Chris Fritsch on 2/20/2013

The goals of outsourcing include improving efficiency, reducing costs and gaining a competitive advantage. As a result, it shouldn't be too surprising that law firms have been experimenting with outsourcing for decades,...more

Structuring Payments for Outsourcing Services

by Mike Beasley | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 2/15/2013

When customers decide to outsource part of their operations there are many factors to be considered and decisions to be made over the course of the initiative. Getting to the "right price" is obviously one of the key...more

Reshoring Manufacturing: A major trend?

by Louis Santiago | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/15/2013

Reshoring – the return of production to the United States that had been outsourced to lower-wage rate locations overseas – has caught the manufacturing industry's and policymakers' attention....more

Growing Trend in Re-Shoring: Exploring Termination/Expiration Provisions

by Brooke Daniels | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 2/7/2013

A recent special report in the Economist focused on the general state of the offshore outsourcing industry, with a particular focus on the emerging trend of companies relocating the performance of IT services from offshore...more

Proposed changes to UK's TUPE will impact outsourcing deals

by Tim Wright | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 2/5/2013

The UK government has issued a consultation on proposed changes to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246) (TUPE)....more

Outsourcing by Canadian Companies: Another Look at the USA PATRIOT Act

by Field Law on 1/30/2013

Cloud computing and data outsourcing has been embraced by many Canadian companies. In a recent poll, the adoption rate of cloud-based services by Canadian businesses experienced one of the highest year-over-year increases....more

Outsourcing Options and Opportunities - Part 1: Outsourcing Can Make Your Firm More Competitive

by Chris Fritsch on 1/17/2013

A recent article in the ABA Journal proclaimed, “Boom years for law firms were an aberration.” The article quotes information from a 2013 Client Advisory report from Hildebrandt Consulting and Citi Private Bank which predicts...more

FTC/DOJ Workshop Shines Spotlight On Competitive Harms and Benefits of Patent Assertion Entities

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 12/20/2012

On Monday, December 10, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice held a joint workshop (Agenda) on the activities of patent assertion entities (“PAEs”). PAEs, sometimes...more

Pillsbury Bloggers in the News: Looking Back at 2012 IT Outsourcing Predictions and Ahead at 2013 Predictions

by Mario F. Dottori | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 12/19/2012

In a look back at 2012, Bob Zahler commented in Stephanie Overby's CIO.com article on grading 2012 IT Outsourcing Trend predictions. On the prediction that global companies would seek global support beyond India, Bob says...more

FSA Expresses Concerns About Outsourcing by Asset Managers

by Edward Black | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 12/18/2012

On December 11, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) published a “Dear CEO” letter which had been sent to the CEO’s of regulated asset managers outlining its concerns about asset managers’ outsourcing arrangements....more

The UK Financial Services Authority issues warning on outsourcing

by Tim Wright | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 12/14/2012

The FSA has written a 'Dear CEO Letter' warning that the asset management industry does not have "effective recovery and resolution plans" in place should an outsourcing provider face financial distress or severe operational...more

Outsourcing to the Cloud

by Matthew Eandi | Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 12/12/2012

As many companies turn to cloud computing as a means of increasing accessibility and saving costs, you should consider a variety of risks which require thoughtful planning before moving your data to “the cloud.” Outsourcing...more

Downselect with Care: Managing a Critical Juncture in the Sourcing Process

by Vipul Nishawala | Pillsbury Global Sourcing Practice on 12/10/2012

The timelines of most strategic IT or sourcing projects are punctuated with key moments that can make or break the deal. These include defining the customer's strategic objectives, determining which suppliers will be asked to...more

Leasing Data Center Space: An Introduction For Retailers

by R. Robinson Plowden | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 12/8/2012

Originally published in Retail Law Strategist — The Problem-Solving Tool for Retail Law - Winter 2012. For many retailers, the efficient and continuous operation of information technology (IT) infrastructure is mission...more

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