Many companies are increasingly relying on third parties to provide critical services and technology to support their business objectives. While dispute clauses might not seem important at the time of negotiation, it is the...more
The coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) has already had a significant worldwide impact. Many businesses are likely to encounter difficulties with at least some of their IT service providers, as broad-reaching stay-at-home...more
Upgrading a large complex portion of a company’s (“Newco’s”) IT infrastructure can be a daunting task. However, as its business grows, Newco will want and need to add new capabilities and enhance existing service offerings....more
The European Parliament became the most recent body to ratify an expansion of the expanded World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The deal had previously been committed to and signed by the EU,...more
Do the undead read the small print? In our experience, zombies are typically more concerned with fresh brains than with forum selection, but Amazon Web Services (AWS) has helpfully updated its AWS Service Terms for anyone who...more
The advent of the new year provides an opportunity to contemplate a fresh start — and that’s just what is needed when it comes to structuring the fundamentals of an IT outsourcing transaction. Early IT outsourcing...more
In the last decade, Disaster Recovery (“DR”) and Business Continuity Planning (“BCP”) have become “hot” topics, as companies attempt to deal with disasters and the associated business risks. “Force majeure” is a legal concept...more
On July 24, the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced that 54 WTO members had reached a tentative agreement to expand the scope of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) by adding 201 products, including new-generation...more
On July 24, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced that they had reached a tentative deal to expand duty-free treatment under the Information Technology Agreement (“ITA”). The ITA, originally reached in 1996,...more
On July 24, 2015 the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced that negotiators had agreed on a list of products and draft declaration to expand the product scope of the 1996 Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The...more
On June 26, King & Spalding reported on the trio of bills—the Trade Act of 2015, the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015—that comprise the first large-scale...more
There has recently been a breakthrough in the negotiations for an expanded Information Technology Agreement (ITA) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). On November 10, the United States and China reached a mutual...more