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In today’s ever-evolving digital landscape and increasing reliance on technology, it is vital for organizations to have an expert legal team to assist with managing technology transactions. Taft’s Technology Transactions group is fully equipped to assess and manage legal matters related to technology with extensive knowledge, regulatory understanding, and practical
Marcus has established one of the country’s leading practices devoted to drafting and negotiating Enterprise Software related licenses, implementation and SaaS agreements, as well as litigating failed software implementations in courts and before arbitration panels across the country.
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For the last several years, antitrust enforcement has been on the rise. Recent antitrust enforcement has focused on several sectors, including Big Tech. As Silicon Valley’s influence has grown, so has the scrutiny it has received from Washington. And over the last four years, some of the biggest companies in the tech space have been
When navigating the ever-changing seas of tech and AI, the fear of getting hit with a lawsuit is one of the many issues that keep our clients up at night. Our partners in the IP Litigation group recently put together a helpful guide outlining the steps to follow and how to handle a lawsuit like
An owner of a trade secret that has been misappropriated may seek remedies of injunctive relief and monetary damages, to compensate it for the economic harm resulting from the party that stole and benefitted from the theft of the trade secret. While injunctive relief is the gravamen of any trade secret misappropriation claim, the available
On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) issued a policy statement on the use of biometric information under its regulatory powers in Section 5 of the FTC Act (the “Statement”). The Statement is the strongest message the FTC has ever issued regarding how certain uses of biometric technology may, depending on the
Taft was a sponsor of the ITechLaw World Technology Law Conference, which took place at the end of May in San Francisco. In addition, Taft Chicago partner Daniel Saeedi presented “Face Scans, Fingerprints and Voice Recognition – The Current U.S. Regulatory Framework for Biometric Privacy.”
The International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw) has been serving the
The U.S. Court of Federal Appeals (CAFC) just released its decision in another breach of software license case. Bitmanagement Software GMBH v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-1139 (Feb. 25, 2021). This is the second case where the court recently found for the contractor and held the Government to have overextended its use of a
In an interview with TechTarget, Chicago Taft partners Marcus Harris and Daniel Saeedi explored the impacts that the pandemic will have on ERP implementations and what customers can do to alleviate risk and protect their ERP investments. In a separate interview, Marcus Harris also provided advice on renegotiating ERP contracts when the scope of ERP