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...
Blogs
24Sep
Can a Software Publisher Force You to Audit Your Customers?
Many software-solution vendors utilize third-party infrastructure or application programs as frameworks for embedded solutions that they sell to their customers and install on their customers’ computers. Licenses for those third-party products typically can be acquired...
22Sep
How to Protect Your Company in a Microsoft SPLA Self-Certification
If your company licenses products to third parties under the Microsoft Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA), you may receive a request to perform a self assessment and provide a certification of compliance to Microsoft. The...
16Sep
Settlement Structuring for IBM Audits
Software-compliance audits initiated by IBM can be extremely burdensome and time-consuming and can force companies to face challenges that are somewhat unique among major-publisher audits. For one example, a significant component of IBM’s business model...
Articles
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...
12Apr
Are Your Clients Ready for GDPR on May 25?
Robert J. Scott & Stephen F. Pinson, Headnotes, 03/23/18 What is GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes effective on May 25, 2018 and should give all in-house counsel and law firms cause for...
Research
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
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...
Podcasts
28Aug
Safe Cyber Hygiene Through Managed Services Contracts
How do you achieve safe cyber hygiene with your managed services customers. How about your contracts? Managed services contracts are one of several effective ways you can influence your customers to adopt safe and secure...
12Aug
Understanding the Difference Between Security and Privacy Incidents
Not every cyber attack involves a data breach. Some network breaches do not involve the loss of personally identifiable data. Understanding the distinction between security and privacy incidents will matter greatly as you decide how you...
23Jun
Negotiating Public Cloud Agreements
Most MSPs use at least one public cloud to deliver their managed services. Increase security, flexibility, and scalability are all features driving more MSPs into the public cloud. But, dealing with public cloud vendors is...
16Jun
RMM Legal Agreements – What MSPs Need to Know
MSP platform vendors have undergone a lot of change in the last few years. The same is true with their partner agreements. But, are these agreements too one-sided and do they put too much risk...
Videos
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
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...
