Michael Overly is a partner in Foley & Lardner’s Information Technology & Outsourcing Group and Privacy, Security and Information Management Groups.
Ashley Kennedy is a Technology, Transactions, Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice Group member within Foley & Lardner’s Intellectual Property Department.
Live Video-Broadcast: October 24, 2024
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NDAs, confidentiality clauses, Letters of Intent, and Memoranda of Understanding are some of the most misunderstood and frequently poorly drafted legal documents. In this session, we take each of these topics and look at the in’s and out’s of drafting them and key real-world implications. For each topic, we will provide example language and examples from actual transactions Attendees will leave with a far better understanding of how best and when to use these documents.
This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.
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Date / Time: October 24, 2024
Closed-captioning available
Michael R. Overly | Foley & Lardner LLP
Michael Overly is a partner in Foley & Lardner’s Information Technology & Outsourcing Group and Privacy, Security and Information Management Groups. He is one of the few practicing lawyers who has satisfied the rigorous requirements necessary to obtain the Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Controls (CRISC), Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP), and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) certifications. He writes and speaks frequently regarding negotiating and drafting technology transactions and the legal issues of technology in the workplace, e-mail, and electronic evidence. He has written numerous articles and books on these subjects and is a frequent commentator in the national press (e.g., the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, ABCNEWS.com, CNN, and MSNBC) and has testified before the U.S. Congress regarding online issues.
Ashley M. Kennedy | Foley & Lardner LLP
Ashley Kennedy is a Technology, Transactions, Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice Group member within Foley & Lardner’s Intellectual Property Department. Ashley provides counsel on structuring and negotiating technology agreements to create strategic and advantageous business relationships between companies. She has experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including intellectual property licenses, software-as-a-service agreements, distribution agreements, master services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and technology transfer agreements. Ashley also has experience structuring and addressing the intellectual property components of mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions.
Prior to joining Foley as an associate, Ashley served as an associate and summer clerk at an intellectual property-focused law firm, preparing patent applications for the USPTO. She previously worked in the engineering sector for an aerospace and defense company.
I. Non-Disclosure Agreements | 2:30pm – 3:00pm
II. Confidentiality Clauses | 3:00pm – 3:30pm
Break | 3:30pm – 3:40pm
III. Letters of Intent | 3:40pm – 4:10pm
IV. Memoranda of Understanding | 4:10pm – 4:40pm