This chapter provides an overview of U.S. law relating to outsourcing, types of agreements used in outsourcing, the procurement process for selecting a provider of outsourcing services, intellectual property and licensing issues, employee issues, data security and privacy laws that can impact an outsourcing arrangement, and typical termination provisions in an outsourcing agreement.

Kenneth Adler is a partner and chair of the Technology and Outsourcing Practice Group and is based in the New York office. He can be reached at  or at 212.407.4284.  Steve Semerdjian, also in the New York office, is a partner in the Technology and Outsourcing Practice Group.  He can be reached at or 212.407.4218.

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