Morgan Lewis Seminars

2017 Annual Technology, Outsourcing & Commercial Contracts Networking Roundtable

Thursday, April 20, 2017
03:00 PM - 07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Please join us for our annual roundtable discussion of the top issues impacting commercial and technology transaction lawyers and sourcing professionals.

The event will kick off with a discussion on ethics issues for transactional lawyers, followed by an interactive roundtable discussion on hot topics impacting commercial and technology transaction professionals in 2017. We invite you to stay afterward for cocktails and networking with your peers.

Topics will include:

  • Data commercialization—Securing rights now to allow for future commercialization and use of datas
  • When the front office meets the back office—The changing role of IT and procurement when the lines between back-office IT and customer-facing (IT-enabled) products start to blur
  • The impact of the new administration on offshore and “landed” service offerings
  • The big contract issue (it hasn’t changed)—Allocation of a liability when there is a data breach
  • Automation—Everybody wants it, but what is it and how does it impact services, staffing, and pricing in IT contracts?

Schedule
3:00–4:00 pm | Ethics session
4:00–5:30 pm | Interactive discussion
5:30–7:00 pm | Networking reception

Moderators
Barbara Melby | Partner, Morgan Lewis
Michael Pillion | Partner, Morgan Lewis

For more information, please contact Emily Wolff.

CLE credit: CLE credit (2.5 hours including 1 hour of Ethics credit) in NY, NJ, and PA is currently pending approval. Participants may attend the whole program, or just the general session or the networking reception.