Blogs
16Jun
Top Tips for Improving Outcomes for IT Transactions
Negotiating with software, SaaS and hosting vendors is a leverage game. Market leaders like Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Adobe and SAP know this. Those vendors have structured their sales processes to maximize their ability to exert...
14Jun
Recent Developments in Autodesk Licensing and Audits, Part I
Autodesk introduced subscription plans in 2016 and shortly thereafter, began to phase out perpetual licenses. However, many perpetual users were able to continue upgrading to the newest version of Autodesk products if they had an...
10Jun
Litigation Risks of Ignoring Software Audits
Software audits are a means for software publishers to enforce and regulate use of their copyrighted software, and publishers regularly outsource enforcement of their copyrights to law firms or entities such as the BSA| The...
Articles
24May
How to Know When to Seek Legal Advice When Negotiating a Software or Services Contract
Today’s corporate and business teams are well versed in negotiating pricing and other critical terms in software licenses and services agreements. With their collective experience and knowledge of the specific business needs, seeking internal or...
20Jan
How MSPs Can Limit Legal Liability
MSPAlliance, 1/16/20 Managed services providers today need protection more than ever. That’s because MSPs face more risks—not only cybersecurity and data privacy challenges, but compliance, profitability, technology and vendor issues, along with increased competition.
26Dec
Are Your Clients Ready for CCPA’s Jan. 1, 2020 Effective Date?
Headnotes, January 2020 The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) becomes effective on January 1, 2020 and should give all in-house counsel and law firms cause for worry. CCPA is the widest sweeping privacy regulation to...
Presentations
5Aug
A New Approach to Customer Contracting – How to Protect Your MSP from Liability
Speaker: Robert J. Scott Date: August 5, 2020 Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Central MSPs have experienced the negative consequences of not having market-leading customer contracts. From Ransomware attacks to problems with data backups, MSPs need...
22Jun
Limitations of Liability in AI Contracts
Thomson Reuters and Celesq Webinar May 19, 2020 Adoption of AI technology within a business carry’s unique risks not present on premises software or non-AI based cloud solutions. It is common for technology vendors to...
28May
Negotiating Enterprise Agreements with Microsoft: Webinar Part 4
Speaker: Robert J. Scott Date: May 28, 2020 Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Central As Microsoft and other major vendors emphasize their cloud offerings, the legal issues in enterprise agreements have shifted dramatically. The...
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5Aug
A New Approach to Customer Contracting – How to Protect Your MSP from Liability
Speaker: Robert J. Scott Date: August 5, 2020 Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Central MSPs have experienced the negative consequences of not having market-leading customer contracts. From Ransomware attacks to problems with data backups, MSPs need...
28May
Negotiating Enterprise Agreements with Microsoft: Webinar Part 4
Speaker: Robert J. Scott Date: May 28, 2020 Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Central As Microsoft and other major vendors emphasize their cloud offerings, the legal issues in enterprise agreements have shifted dramatically. The...
28May
5 IP Protections for AI Contracts
Speaker: Robert J. Scott Date: March 4, 2020 Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Central Artificial intelligence (“AI”) is reshaping the business of IT from the farms to the trading desks on Wall Street. Gartner...
News
17Jun
MSP Registration – A new Era for Managed Service Providers
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...
1Apr
Stephen F. Pinson Designated Privacy Law Specialist
Scott & Scott, LLP is pleased to announce that Stephen F. Pinson has received the IAPP’s Privacy Law Specialist designation. With this elite designation, Stephen verifies he has met the rigorous experience and knowledge requirements and...
30Dec
The Technology Assurance Group’s MTSP Meeting Is a Win-Win
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...
