Who Should Attend

IT Attorneys, regulatory and compliance professionals, consultants and corporate executives for companies considering, purchasing, using, relying on or providing cloud computing services.

Why You Should Attend

Cloud computing offers users cost savings, scalability, creativity, innovation and simplicity, all of which are especially appealing in an economy that forces tight budgeting. However, cloud computing also creates both operational and compliance risks. Those risks can best be mitigated, and corresponding unwanted expenses best avoided, through effective contracting and compliance efforts by both providers and users.

This timely seminar will explore different cloud computing service models and the challenges they pose. We will explore what cloud computing is, how it works and the benefits it offers. Leading practitioners will describe the contracting and compliance challenges their clients face on a daily basis and share their strategies for meeting them. The benefit of this program to you is that you will recognize the legal and compliance issues around cloud computing and you will be ready to address them in your own cloud computing transactions.

~ Philip D. Porter, Esq. and Philip D. Porter, Esq. and Frederic M. Wilf, Esq. and Frederic M. Wilf, Esq., Program Co-Chairs

What You Will Learn

• Due diligence for selecting a service provider
• Risks in data flows among different national jurisdictions
• Export controls on technology moving to different jurisdictions
• Records retention approaches and business practices for the cloud
• Dealing with law enforcement agencies
• Privacy and confidentiality: Applicable laws, regulations nd standards
• Effective data security strategies
• Contracting and negotiations
• How control vs. cost will play out over time
• Ethical issues
  

This program qualifies for 12.5 PA CLE credits including 1 ethics. Upon request, we will apply for CLE credits in other states and other types of credits.