The BOT model continues to be of great interest to companies, courtesy of its cost-saving structure, access to bigger talent pool, opportunities for resource and financial control and security. Our attorneys have been...more
Partner Janine Anthony Bowen explores data-related issues in technology contracts in the age of GenAI....more
Reliability, security, and legal compliance. These are assurances that customers purchasing technology products expect from their providers, and which are often required as part of the contracts for such products. AI...more
In outsourcing, technology, and commercial transactions, cost of living adjustment (COLA) mechanisms linked to price indices are coming under increasing scrutiny with current global inflationary pressures....more
How often have you battled over best efforts vs. commercially reasonable efforts, used “work for hire” language thinking it would offer broad intellectual property protection or found yourself excluding “consequential...more
Whether to terminate of a complex agreement for material and/or repudiatory breach is a common and yet difficult decision to make as a business (and to advise on as a lawyer). And, given the unpredictability of the outcome,...more
On April 15, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14024 (the EO), imposing new sanctions on the Russian Federation in response to foreign election interference in the 2020 U.S. federal election and the SolarWinds...more
President Biden issued a new Executive Order 14024 (“E.O. 14024”) on April 15, 2021, expanding sanctions against Russia. E.O. 14024 authorizes, for the first time, U.S. sanctions against Russian technology companies and,...more
On 15 April 2021, the U.S. Government announced a number of new sanctions measures against Russia, targeting a variety of “harmful foreign activities” contrary to U.S. foreign policy. ...more
On April 15, 2021, following discussions just days earlier of a potential summit between President Biden and Russian President Putin and as Russian troops amassed along the Ukrainian border, the Biden Administration issued...more
As the COVID-19 disease continues to spread, many countries have implemented nationwide lockdowns and many businesses have mandated employees to work from home. Even with the relaxation of lockdowns in different parts of the...more
White & Case Technology Newsflash - Every industry is at a critical juncture in evaluating how to successfully continue business operations in a period of unprecedented disruption. We have received a number of inquiries...more
London Technology Disputes - A new adjudication procedure for the resolution of technology disputes is set to launch in October 2019. The Society for Computers and Law ("SCL") announced in June 2019 that it is...more
The need to control risks associated with using third-party technology service providers was reemphasized by the FDIC for institutions with less than $1 billion in assets in a new financial institutions letter...more
In recent years, bank regulators have increased their efforts to require banks to appropriately handle third-party risk management. On April 2, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a Financial Institution...more
On April 2, 2019, the FDIC issued Financial Institution Letter FIL-19-2019 (the “Letter”) to remind financial institutions about certain contractual provisions and other requirements pertaining to technology service provider...more
In a thought-provoking paper presented at this year’s TPRC Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy, Internet scholar Kevin Werbach explains how the use of blockchain technology creates a new...more
All contracts follow a similar pattern in their structure. They first contain an introduction (known as “Recitals”) that sets forth the purpose of the contract and the expectations of the parties in entering into the...more
Patent license royalty payments can be habit-forming. Some patent licenses have terms extending for potentially two decades or longer. As a result, patent licenses are frequently filed away never to be seen again....more
In the wake of the market crisis and the formation of a task force, the SEC has sought to focus in part on financial fraud actions. The action filed at the close of last week against Computer Sciences Corporation and seven of...more