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Data As Value and Risk: Litigation Issues Face Technology Providers and Their Customers

This article is the first in a multipart series examining litigation risk in the modern technology supply chain. Here, we set the stage by looking at the role of third-party data processors, the types of disputes that commonly arise and the contract provisions that most often determine outcomes when those disputes turn into litigation.

5 minute read June 01, 2026 at 01:46 AM
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John David “J.D.” Koesters , Clinton P. Sanko and Scott Douglass
Data As Value and Risk: Litigation Issues Face Technology Providers and Their Customers

Part One of a Multipart Article

Not long ago, “big data” was primarily the concern of large technology companies, data brokers and highly regulated industries. That is no longer the case.

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