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Can IT outsourcing learn from facilities management outsourcing?

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 26 2013

2013 began with a flurry of articles about companies insourcing work or rethinking their sourcing strategies. The reasons for this vary by company

California court OKs collecting consumer zip codes to combat credit card fraud

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2012

Just over a year after it was filed, Chevron Corporation and other oil companies won dismissal of a putative privacy class action filed after the California Supreme Court's decision in Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc

Avoid being in the spotlight of California's 'Shine the Light' privacy-related law

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 1 2012

Eight years after California's "Shine the Light" privacy-related law (S.B

Accounting for cyber security, Part Four - auditing cloud providers' security

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2011

Because evaluating a service provider's security posture is more challenging in the cloud, in Part Three of this article we looked at ways to evaluate a cloud service provider's security prior to signing the contract and some of the issues between customers and suppliers created by the SEC Guidance

Accounting for cyber security - cloud service providers and ISO 27001

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 9 2011

In Parts One and Two of this article we discussed the new Guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance that provides guidance to companies with regard to whether and how a company should disclose the impact of the risk and cost of cybersecurity incidents (both malicious and accidental) on a company

Accounting for cybersecurity - (part 2 of 4)

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 17 2011

The next section of the Guidance discusses the way that companies should address cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents under the reporting rules associated with Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") under Item 303 of Regulation S-K and Form 20-F, Item 5

It's not you, it's me: figuring out if you should re-negotiate your outsourcing contract

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 14 2011

Current economic conditions require companies to realize cost savings quickly, and existing outsourcing relationships are a popular target

Retailers recording ZIP codes: class action fuel in California, uncertainty in New Jersey

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 11 2011

Within weeks of each other, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Hansbury and U.S. District Court Judge Wallseach ruling on a motion to dismiss a claim brought under New Jersey's Truth in Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Actdisagreed about whether such a claim may be premised on an alleged violation of New Jersey's privacy law, N.J.S.A. 56:11-17

Managing risks in outsourcing: part 3 - relationship management

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2011

In Part 1, addressed managing and mitigating risks during the supplier selection process and in Part 2, I addressed the risks associated with contract negotiations

Managing risks in outsourcing: part 1 - supplier selection

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 29 2011

Outsourcings can offer organizations significant commercial benefits but they also present challenges and risks throughout the outsourcing life-cycle for the outsourcing organization whether during the supplier selection process, in the course of contract negotiations, during the implementation and day to day operation of the outsourced services, and on exit from the outsourcing contract