Outsourcing and Offshoring 2007: Protecting Critical Business Functions (PLI) - Chicago

 Practising Law Institute (PLI) will host "Outsourcing and Offshoring 2007: Protecting Critical Business Functions" in Chicago with a live webcast.  The program will cover aspects of outsourcing and offshoring including: external service provider deals; copyright, patent and trade secret issues in complex technology transactions; technology licensing "do's and don'ts"; managing the contract process; statements of work in the structure of outsourcing deals; key risks and effective governance methods; fixing broken deals and relationships; pricing the deal; offshoring and data security; privacy; ethical considerations; and offshoring to India. Partner Neil Hirshman will present "Scope of Services and Service Levels: Anatomy of a Statement of Work."