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.
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We are at a challenging time in vendor contracting. Vendors are actively whittling away contractual protections and minimizing their liability, shifting substantial risk to their customers. Concurrently, customers are decreasing their use of valuable tools like RFPs, RFIs, and RFQ’s, which could increase the customer’s negotiating position, ensure competition among the respondents, and lead to better, more protective contracts.
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Date / Time: February 26, 2025
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. Focus on why these important tools are falling by the wayside | 2:30pm – 3:00pm
II. Discuss ways to economically and rapidly increase use of RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs | 3:00pm – 3:30pm
Break | 3:30pm – 3:40pm
III. Understand the differences between and among these documents and how they are best used | 3:40pm – 4:10pm
IV. Provide specific guidance and real-world examples of how to draft better RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs | 4:10pm – 4:40pm
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