Tech & Sourcing @ Morgan Lewis

Please join us on Thursday, February 5, 2026, from 12:00–1:00 pm ET as Morgan Lewis partners Don Shelkey and Heather Egan explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how business operate, innovate, and deliver value. The Tech & Sourcing team will dive into legal, commercial, and other strategic issues shaping AI adoption with topics ranging from contracting to compliance.

Global capability centers have become a central component of many companies’ technology and shared services strategies. Unlike traditional outsourcing, GCCs allow companies to retain direct control over personnel, intellectual property, and delivery priorities—with this control, however, comes a significantly different legal risk profile.

Kari Krusmark, a partner in our technology transactions, outsourcing, and commercial contracts practice, is a leading advisor in complex technology initiatives, outsourcing arrangements, and digital transformation projects. With deep background guiding global companies through high-value technology deals, evolving regulatory requirements, and vendor ecosystem shifts, Kari has a unique perspective on how organizations should prepare for the rapidly changing technology and outsourcing landscape. Her insights highlight the key trends shaping 2026 and what businesses should be doing now to stay ahead.

We invite you to join us for the next presentation of our Tech & Sourcing webinar series Navigating the Global Landscape Through Innovation on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET, focused on global capability centers.

We invite you to join us for the next presentation of the Tech & Sourcing webinar series Navigating the Global Landscape Through Innovation on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 12:00 pm ET.

Morgan Lewis’s technology, outsourcing, and commercial contract team, along with Boston Consulting Group, recently hosted a roundtable dinner in London, during which senior stakeholders from technology suppliers and large businesses discussed how the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting offshoring and outsourcing.

From routine commercial contracts to complex technology transactions and global outsourcing arrangements, terms relating to artificial intelligence remain a key point of negotiation in agreements of all sizes and across the full spectrum of subject matter.

The EU Data Act’s implementation date is already upon us. That’s right, it becomes applicable, in part, on September 12, 2025, marking a major milestone in Europe’s data transformation journey, impacting cloud services, connected products and other data-driven industries.

In a recent LawFlash, a team of Morgan Lewis lawyers discussed the US Court of International Trade and the US District Court for the District of Columbia’s ruling that invalidated President Donald Trump’s actions imposing tariffs pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, and the temporary, administrative stay granted by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit while it considers whether to stay the orders during the pendency of the government’s appeal of the ruling. These recent events demonstrate the continued uncertainty businesses and consumers face in light of this economic policy.