CHICAGO, May 6, 2019 — The American Bar Association Business Law Section has published a new guide, “Cloud 3.0: Drafting and Negotiating Effective Cloud Computing Agreements” that provides best practices to effectively review, evaluate, draft and negotiate cloud computing agreements.
The one-sided, standard boilerplate agreements for cloud computing are slowly evolving to meet regulatory and legal environments, and not all cloud agreements are created equal. This guide, edited by Lisa R. Lifshitz and John Rothchild, will help lawyers create agreements that are more clearly expressed and better suited to their customers’ needs, taking into account the technological, business and legal considerations of an organization’s use of cloud computing technologies.
“Cloud 3.0” is intended to teach lawyers and others to understand cloud agreements, providing best practices when drafting and negotiating cloud computing agreements, including:
· How to evaluate vendors and recognize agreements that heavily favor the vendor
· Detailed analysis of service levels in cloud agreements, enabling you to negotiate for guarantees that will serve your clients’ needs
· Warranties, indemnities and limitations of liability in cloud contracts
· Best practices for cloud privacy and maintaining security
· Tips for effective cloud negotiations to better arm you to create “win-win” agreements
· Alternative dispute resolution, litigation strategies and bankruptcy considered in the context of cloud agreements
· Mitigating risk through cyber-liability insurance
· Negotiating the exit from a cloud contract and ensuring successful transition, whether to another provider or an in-house solution
Lifshitz is a partner in Torkin Manes’ Business Law Group in Toronto and is the leader of the firm’s Technology, Privacy & Data Management and Emerging Technology Groups. She has expertise in preparing and negotiating technology agreements, including cloud and managed services, mobile payment, system acquisition and master services agreements. She also advises on privacy, data security and cybersecurity legal matters and provides guidance on IoT, AI/smart contracts, blockchain and open source issues. Lifshitz is immediate past chair of the ABA Business Law Section’s Technology Committee, is the current co-chair of the section’s Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee of the Cyberspace Committee, is currently a member of the Councils of Business Law and Science and Technology Sections and is a frequent contributor to Business Law Today.
Rothchild is a professor at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit. He specializes in intellectual property and technology law, teaching courses including The Law of Electronic Commerce, Copyright Law, Constitutional Law and Trademarks and Unfair Competition. He is editor of the ABA Cyberspace Law Committee’s annual Survey of the Law of Cyberspace, and has edited several books about technology law.
Title: “Cloud 3.0: Drafting and Negotiating Cloud Computing Agreements”
Publisher: Business Law Section
Pages: 324
Product Code: 5070764
ISBN: 978-1-64105-354-9
Size: 7x10
Binding: Paperback
Price: $89.95
Orders: 800-285-2221 or ShopABA.org
Editor’s note: Author interviews and review copies of this book are available by emailing Katrina Krause at Katrina.Krause@americanbar.org. If you publish a review of this book, please send tear sheets or a copy for our files to Katrina Krause, ABA Business Law Section, 321 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654.
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