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Outsourcing 101: Should Your Company Outsource Some Operations?

23 September 2015

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Foley Partner Michael Overly will participate in a panel discussion titled “Outsourcing 101: Should Your Company Outsource Some Operations?” on September 23. He will cover the legal and structural issues that can arise when deciding to outsource different operations and how they can impact companies in different phases of their development.

For more information, please visit the Outsourcing 101 website.

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Michael R. Overly

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Technology Transactions, Cybersecurity, and Privacy
Intellectual Property

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Foley & Lardner LLP
975 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304

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12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. PDT

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Michael R. Overly

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Los Angeles 213.972.4500

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