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Wade Tyler Millward, CRN After an MSP lists all vendors, vendor services agreements and privacy policies, attorney Rob Scott tells MSPs to add these 38 words: ‘Under no circumstances will the customer attempt to hold the MSP responsible for the acts or omissions of thir......

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The recent ransomware attack involving Kaseya’s VSA product has left managed service providers (“MSPs”) and end users evaluating what, if any, legal recourse they may have against Kaseya. The onerous limitations of liability provisions and indemnification clause in......

Kaseya, a large technology solutions company, recently reported that its on-premises VSA product was the “victim of a sophisticated cyberattack.” (See generally, Kaseya's announcements here). Specifically, third-parties were able to access computer endpoints using Ka......

As most MSPs have likely heard, Kaseya and many of its customers recently experienced a wide-spread ransomware attack. As victims are learning more about the potential impact of the attack, many are evaluating whether they can hold Kasey legally responsible for any damag......

Written by Charles Weaver, co-founder of MSPAlliance MSP registration is finally here. We’ve been talking about this for a long time, and it’s finally here. MSPAlliance has encouraged discussion within our professional community for many years on the role of gover......

On the Verge of 2020, TAG Helps Members Prepare for Further Growth Carl Schell, 11/19/2019, KeyPoint Intelligence “Hindsight is 2020” and “2020 vision” are the most oft-used puns about next year. Fortunately, at the Technology Assurance Group’s two-day MTSP me......

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Association of Cloud & Managed Service Providers (MSPAlliance®) today launched a comprehensive program for its service providers members related to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The pr......

Kristin Burnham, CIO.com, 04/30/2018 When software vendor auditors push too far, enterprise technology leaders must be prepared to push back. In an extreme case, the food company Mars (best known for Snickers and M&M’s candies) filed a lawsuit petitioning the court......

Lawyers Worldwide Awards Magazine announced in their Super Lawyers 2018 edition that Texas-based law firm Scott & Scott, LLP was named Technology Law Firm of the Year – USA....

John Moore, TechTarget, 03/16/18 The MSPAlliance is readying an insurance program that aims to shield managed services and cloud computing providers from claims stemming from the EU GDPR regulation....

John Moore, TechTarget, 03/06/2018 Speakers at MSPWorld 2018 sparked new discussions about MSP security, such as how companies need to avoid entanglement with customers' security lapses....

SuperbCrew, 11/27/2017 Scott & Scott is a boutique intellectual property and technology law firm located in Southlake, Texas (in the Dallas-Fort Worth area). Their firm was founded in 1999 on the premise that collaboration between legal and technology professionals is ......

Robert J. Scott, Managing Partner of technology law firm Scott & Scott, LLP will address the missing ingredient in most technology contracts on October 5 in a Strafford CLE Webinar entitled “Insurance Requirement Provisions in Technology Contracts: Mitigating Risk, Max......

Phillip Bailey, courier-journal, 9/25/2017 Microsoft is examining Louisville Metro Government use of its software in a piracy dispute that could lead to a hefty bill for the city. Interim Information Technology Director Grace Simrall, a top aide in Mayor Greg Fischer’s......

Boutique intellectual property and technology law firm, Scott & Scott, LLP, will move to new space in Granite Place, Southlake’s brand-new, full-service building this summer....

SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS (PRWEB) JUNE 09, 2017 Scott & Scott, LLP, a technology law firm, has been recognized as the successful winner of the ACQ5 Law Awards 2017. “We are honored to receive ACQ5’s Law Awards as USA – Full Service Technology Law Firm of the Year for ......

SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS (PRWEB) JUNE 06, 2017 Scott & Scott, LLP, a boutique technology law-firm in Southlake, Texas has been named Technology Law Firm of the Year by Finance Monthly two years in a row. The Finance Monthly Law Awards 2017 recognizes law firms and legal profess......

SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS (PRWEB) APRIL 26, 2017 Boutique law firm,Scott & Scott, LLP, was honored by Lawyers Worldwide Magazine as Technology Law Firm of the Year – USA in the April 17th edition of Super Lawyers 2017. The recently released edition features in-depth informat......

The Expert Network© celebrates its newest member, Attorney Robert J. Scott Southlake, TX, March 7, 2017 (Newswire.com) – Robert J. Scott, Managing Partner, Scott & Scott, L.L.P., has joined The Expert Network©, an invitation-only service for distinguished profe......

Steve Russman, IBSMA, 2/1/2017 Julie Machal-Fulks, a technology attorney with Texas firm Scott & Scott, has handled hundreds of software audits and manages the firm’s Oracle practice. She helps her clients with everything from negotiating new license agreements, under......

SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Dec. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Scott & Scott, LLP is pleased to announce that managing partner, Robert J. Scott, was named Technology Lawyer of the Year – USA by Lawyer Monthly in its 2016 Legal Awards Edition on December 12....

Chandra Lye, SE TexasRecord, 1/2/2017 SOUTHLAKE – Lawyer Monthly has named the managing partner of law firm Scott & Scott LLP the Technology Lawyer of the Year. Robert Scott said he was honored and surprised at the recognition. “When I started practicing in this ......

Michael O'Dwyer, The PULSE of IT, 11/29/16 Virtualization offers many advantages, but ineffective virtual server security and compliance policies can easily negate them. Virtual machine (VM) sprawl and software license management in particular may prove vulnerable to securi......

Scott & Scott, LLP, a technology law firm, has been recognized as the successful winner in the 11th Anniversary of their ACQ5 Global Awards. "We are honored to be a winner in ACQ5’s Global Awards 11th Anniversary as USA – Full Service Technology Law Firm of the Ye......

Scott & Scott is a business and technology law firm that helps businesses aggressively protect their intellectual property, understand and comply with applicable laws and regulations, litigate and resolve disputes, and consummate complicated business transactions. Below ......

Dan Tynan, InfoWorld, 4/25/16 'Truing up' licenses amounts to billions of dollars in revenue for the major software makers. Here's where the money goes -- and how it's extracted....

Michael O'Dwyer, ipswitch, 9/29/16 If you require software licensing tips, don’t expect your software vendors to be of any real help, given the prevalence of outsourced call centers by many of the world’s global players.  ...

Boutique law firm receives Lawyers Worldwide Award for work in Software Disputes & Technology Transactions....

Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, 7/24/16 Fresno County paid IBM almost $2.3 million after a software-licensing audit revealed too many workers were using unlicensed IBM software in county departments.  ...

The ITAM Review, May 17, 2016 We’re pleased to announce the details of some of our confirmed conference speakers at our upcoming US conference in Florida on 19th & 20th September and UK conference in London on 4th & 5th October. Here we put 3 of our confirmed s......

Ernesto, Torrent Freak, 5/28/16 The Business Software Alliance, a trade group representing Adobe, Apple and Microsoft, is known to offer cash payments to people who help them find companies that run unlicensed software. Today we speak with an attorney who has represented ......

Scott & Scott, LLP voted "Technology Law Firm of the Year - USA" by Finance Monthly....

Michael O'Dwyer, ipswitch, 4/11/16 Human error is responsible for more than half of all security breaches as of last year, making employees the biggest cyber threat of all. Shadow IT, on the other hand, is the deliberate installation of software that is not authorized by IT....

Julie Bort, Business Insider, 4/9/16 Software-licensing rules aren't always clear, and some Microsoft partners say the company is taking advantage of that....

Bruce Harpham, CIO, 2/24/16 Software compliance can be a tricky – and expensive – challenge for most IT leaders. Luckily, tech solutions let you manage software assets....

Katherine Noyes, ComputerWorld, 10/13/15 Oracle's aggressive licensing practices have gained it considerable notoriety over the years, and on Tuesday, a Texas law firm specializing in technology issued a warning urging enterprises to beware....

Serdar Yegulalp, InfoWorld, 1/19/16 The move to per-core licensing could increase the costs of Windows Server substantially and impact Software Assurance customers as well....

Katherine Noyes, CIO, 1/20/16 Oracle is at least as well-known for its aggressive licensing tactics as for its namesake database technology, and a recent dispute makes it clear that that reputation isn't entirely unfounded....

Lisa Morgan, InformationWeek, 1/1/16 Enterprise IT organizations face software audits as a matter of doing business with large technology vendors. What's the best approach to dealing with them? Here's a look at what you should and shouldn't do when you get that software lic......

Lisa Morgan, InformationWeek, 12/31/15 Software licensing audits can cause minor annoyance or excruciating pain, depending on their scope and how ready your enterprise is for the disruption and expense. We take a look at trends in software licensing audits and the ways they......

Scott & Scott, LLP announces the addition of Stephen Pinson as Associate Attorney. Stephen Pinson is a graduate of Hofstra Law School and a member of the New York and Texas Bar. Prior to joining the firm, Stephen practiced in high-stakes securities litigation, regulatio......