Financial Institutions Beware: Cloud Computing Compliance Under Guideline B-10

Michael Whitt is co-leader of the firm’s information technology practice. A Patent Agent (2001) and a Trademark Agent (1994) in addition to being a lawyer Michael Whitt advises technology-based businesses on commercialization and compliance matters, and on the structure, negotiation and documentation of novel business models, strategies and transactions, particularly regarding intellectual property and information and other technologies. Michael has been involved with computer and information technologies for over three decades and advises small, medium and large clients with technology or intellectual property assets and operations. Clients include manufacturers, vendors, technology acquirers, bulletin boards, ISPs, ASPs, e-Commerce and web-enabled transaction providers, infrastructure providers, agricultural and biotechnology operations, health informatics providers and users, geospatial and location-based service providers and professional self-governing bodies.Michael also assists clients with the protection of personal information and privacy law compliance, policy review and advice, contract terms in IT and other information-handling and information-flow transactions and operations, breach mitigation and notification, and response to regulatory inquiries and demands in private sector and health information matters both provincially and federally.

Stephen Kerr practises general corporate/commercial law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the financial services industry. A significant portion of Stephen’s practice involves providing general counsel advice to both large and mid-size businesses (regardless of industry). Much of this advice concerns acquisition and divestment strategies, complex reorganizations and material commercial agreements. Stephen also advises on the incorporation and registration of banks, life insurance companies and insurance brokerages and has advised on various portfolio transfers among insurance companies and fraternal benefit societies. Stephen also advises on public and private financings for financial institutions, demutualizations and significant acquisitions and divestitures of financial institutions or their assets. Stephen provides ongoing assistance to financial services clients (among others) in a number of areas including advising on banking, insurance, and other political and regulatory matters, at both the provincial and federal level.

Ebad Rahman is an attorney Torys, an international business law firm with offices in Toronto, New York and Calgary, in their Business and Technology Sourcing Practice Group. His technology practice focuses on service agreements and conveyances of hardware, software and other intellectual property. Ebad has extensive experience advising on technology and sourcing matters. . He has advised clients such as International Petroleum Investment Company, Thomson Reuters, Edgestone and The Bank of Nova Scotia.Well-versed in computer sciences, Ebad received his BSc from York University in 2000 and worked in the software industry developing database applications for a company that specialized in electronic tolling systems. He completed his LLB from Osgoode Hall School of Law (York University) in 2003 and practised law at a large intellectual property firm, where he gained experience in all areas of patent law, before joining Torys in 2008. During his tenure at the firm, he was seconded to GlaxoSmithKline, a global healthcare company, where he was responsible for advising on commercial arrangements.Ebad is also an active member of groups such as IT.Can Law Association, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and the Toronto Intellectual Property Group.

Andrew is a partner in the firm. His practice encompasses numerous aspects of corporate/commercial law, including asset and share acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures, strategic alliances, financings, outsourcings and customer/supplier arrangements in a broad range of industries. Andrew acts for a wide range of clients from blue-chip corporations to leading-edge technology companies, including a number of U.S. clients engaged in cross-border transactions. His practice includes a particular focus on information technology matters. In addition to buying and selling technology businesses and technology outsourcing, he regularly advises clients on a wide range of issues and agreements relating to the development, protection and exploitation of technology products and services, such as development, implementation, consulting, acquisition, licensing, distribution, maintenance and support, hosting, escrow, internet and e-commerce, open source software and social media. Andrew is a frequent speaker on technology and commercial law topics. He is the immediate past Chair of the Ontario Bar Association IT and E-Commerce Section and a prior member of the OBA Council. Andrew currently sits as a director of the York Technology Alliance.