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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

New Prohibitions on Providing SaaS Services to Russia

In line with Group of Seven (G7) efforts to disrupt the Russian military-industrial base’s reliance on foreign IT systems, in June 2024 the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of the Treasury jointly issued new...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

A Customer Relationship Checklist for Cloud Providers, Including SaaS Companies, Operating in France

For more information about France’s SREN law, see our update that provides five key takeaways for businesses. Two new laws impose an array of obligations and restrictions on cloud providers in France. First, the European...more

CloudNine

6 Tips for Managing eDiscovery for Access Requests for a State or Local Government Organization

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By Catherine Ostheimer Being responsive to the growing number of Access Requests and DSARS as a local government organization can be daunting. First, there’s the data management challenge. State and local groups generate...more

Trusaic

Is Data Security A Priority for Your Workplace Equity Provider?

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Cyberattacks continue to rise, increasing the need for robust data security. Global weekly attacks rose by 7% during the first quarter of 2023, versus the same quarter last year. Each organization is estimated to face on...more

CloudNine

Migrating eDiscovery Cases to the Cloud: Tips on Making the Switch

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The move from on-premise to cloud-based eDiscovery software use is not a new trend. In fact, according to Complex Discovery, close to 55% of global eDiscovery software spending went to cloud-based software in 2022, with the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Anatomy of an Agreement: Unique SaaS Contract Structures and Key Terms to Address in the Cloud

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Companies procuring or providing Software-as-a Service (SaaS) technology need some form of contract to govern the relationship between the SaaS provider and customer. As with many intellectual property (IP) and technology...more

Nextpoint, Inc.

Managing Ediscovery In The Cloud: Essential Questions to Ask Potential Providers

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As we explained in our last post, managing ediscovery in the cloud is the only viable solution for dealing with the massive amount of electronic data involved in litigation today. Nextpoint has been an advocate for...more

Nextpoint, Inc.

Managing Ediscovery In The Cloud: Practical, Ethical and Technical Considerations For Lawyers

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In this excerpt from our white paper on managing ediscovery in the cloud, we explain the basics of the cloud and its biggest benefits in ediscovery. Click here to download the full white paper. As early pioneers of cloud...more

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12 Investigative Techniques and Tools to Improve Your Investigation Workflows

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Corporate investigators face more challenges now than ever before. Corporate misdeeds are growing increasingly sophisticated as globalization pushes businesses into new markets and a 24/7 dispersed work model. ...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Managed Services and As-a-Service Contracting Activity Stayed Strong in Q2 2022: ISG Index Report

With a solid uptick in requests for assistance with outsourcing, cloud, and as-a-service contracts, 2022 has been busy from the get-go. ISG Index confirmed this trend across the market in its recent Q2 ISG Index Report...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

US Government’s Cloud Expansion Continues

As discussed in a post from last month, annual spending worldwide on cloud services continues to rise with an expected increase up to $332 billion by the end of 2021, which is an increase from $270 billion in 2020. While the...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Contract Corner: SaaS and Cloud Services Solutions – Operational vs. Customer Business Data and Who Gets to Use What

If you have been involved with SaaS agreements or agreements that are for, or are enabled by, cloud services, you have seen or even drafted provisions relating to the right to use data processed on or generated through the...more

MoFo Tech

Service-level Agreement Basics

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Given the broad use and relative importance of service-level agreements (SLAs) in a variety of contexts, in this blog post, we provide an overview of the basics of SLAs and what they should address. An SLA is an important...more

Morgan Lewis

Contract Corner: Basics of Uptime Commitment in Cloud Service Level Agreements

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In cloud services, whether it is infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), or software as a service (SaaS), service availability is often a significant customer concern because the customer is relying...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Treasury and the Service Propose Regulations on Cloud and Digital Content Transactions

On Aug. 14, 2019, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the Service) published proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) regarding the classification of “cloud transactions” for...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Cloud Infrastructure Provider Densify Attempts to Ward Off Partner/Competitor VMware with IP Infringement Suit

Cirba, Inc., d/b/a Densify, a quintessential start-up success story and provider of cloud services to automate virtual infrastructure optimization, recently filed a Patent Infringement and Unfair Competition Complaint against...more

King & Spalding

Cloud Computing and Issues to Consider During Agreement Negotiations

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Cloud computing is a subscription-based service where a person or business can obtain networked storage space and computer resources for a fee. There are different types of cloud computing services. The two most...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Licenses, SaaS, and the Cloud

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Some Legal Issues to Consider When Migrating to Become a Service Provider - Although everyone’s into blockchain and the “Internet of Things,” believe it or not, there are still plenty of traditional software developers out...more

Opportune LLP

For Oil and Gas, the Future of Cloud-Based Computing is Now

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Advancements in cloud-based computing over the last decade have allowed consumers and enterprises alike to download, share, transfer and extract data at speeds and with ease never before thought possible, leaving what...more

Winstead PC

Is it HIPAA or HIPPA? Either way, it still applies.

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I have negotiated hundreds of SaaS agreements for dozens of software companies and I always hated when the company on the other side was a healthcare provider. Invariably, they would bring up Protected Health Information...more

Benesch

Between the Clouds: Best Practices for Selecting Hosted Solutions in the Transportation and Logistics Industry

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Transportation and logistics providers are increasingly adopting cloud technology to bring connectivity and scale to their core operating systems. This trend will continue for the foreseeable future....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SAP’s Licensing Time-Bomb - Software giant’s victory in “indirect use” case is cause for concern for companies worldwide

On February 16, 2017, the High Court of Justice in the United Kingdom held that Diageo plc, a global drinks company, was liable for unauthorized use of SAP software as a result of failing to secure “Named User” licenses for...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Three Major Security Issues to Consider with SaaS and Cloud Solutions

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Small and medium-sized businesses are turning to software as a service (SaaS) solutions for their IT needs more and more frequently. SaaS solutions can provide end-users with quicker, cheaper access to software that they...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

SaaS Adoption Continues to Rise Despite Security Concerns

Software as a Service (SaaS) adoption has continued to climb with each passing year. Major contributors to this have been ease of deployment, improved productivity and lower cost of ownership. Furthermore, organizations have...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Is CaaS the solution for privacy and security in the SaaS world?

Companies are under tremendous pressure to reduce IT costs. Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS) offer significant potential cost reductions through the use of shared infrastructure and standardized software offerings....more

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