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Susan Linda Ross, Sue Ross, Susan Ross, Ross, Susan, Susan L. Ross, Sue L. Ross, Standup Harlem, The Caring Neighbor, cum laude University of Illinois, magna cum laude Duke, senior counsel, technology contracts, privacy matters, negotiating, drafting, interpreting, computer hardware, computer software, hardware and software, open source, software license, data license, web site terms and conditions, end user license agreement, privacy, data security, social media, web 2.0, consumer protection, HIPAA, European Safe Harbor, copyright
Susan Linda Ross - Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Susan Linda Ross
Sr. Counsel
D: +1 212 318 3280
New York
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10103-3198
T: +1 212 318 3000
F: +1 212 318 3400
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION
EXPERIENCE

Sue Ross joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s New York location as senior counsel in 2007. Sue's extensive experience with technology and technology contracts includes negotiating, drafting, and interpreting computer hardware and software, consulting, Internet, electronic signatures, web hosting, application service providers and non-disclosure agreements, many of which were for a federal government contractor.

Another area Sue handles is U.S. privacy matters, including security breach laws, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and HIPAA. She is experienced counseling clients on advertising, entertainment and sports contracts. Additionally, Sue responds to inquiries from the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in matters of antitrust counseling.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

Technology:

  • Negotiated multi-million dollar disaster backup and recovery agreement
  • Worked on more than 7,500 technology-related vendor contracts (software, IT consulting, ASP, outsourcing, hosting, etc.)
  • Advised on IT policies and standards and implementation processes for new technologies and eDiscovery requirements
  • Drafted web site terms and conditions
  • Prepared policies for blogging and other social media

Licensing:

  • Responsible for negotiating multi-million dollar savings on software license agreement
  • Drafted multi-million dollar amendment to license agreement for global use of cartoon characters
  • Created form license agreements
  • Negotiated cross-licensing agreement relating to part of $34 million preferred stock deal

Privacy:

  • Advised clients on security breach law issues and compliance
  • Prepared web site privacy policies
  • Advised on Gramm-Leach-Bliley and HIPAA privacy security matters
  • Advised on FACT Act credit card number truncation issues and payment card industry (PCI) matters
  • Advised on Do-Not-Call and CAN-SPAM matters, and taping and silent monitoring of telephone calls

M & A and Due Diligence:

  • Responsible for Transition Services Agreement and IT due diligence in multi-million dollar sale of line of business
  • Solely responsible for TSA and IT due diligence in sale of subsidiary
  • Assisted in drafting and negotiating transition services agreement as part of $11.5 billion acquisition from a global financial services company
  • Analyzed open source software licenses and impact on M & A deal
  • Prepared domain name transfer agreement, assisted in drafting and negotiating transition services agreement, and reviewed e-commerce and technology agreements in $22.3 million asset acquisition deal by G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. in July 2008
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES and MEMBERSHIPS
  • Law Review, Administrative Editor
  • Pro bono work for The Caring Neighbor, Standup Harlem, Junior U, and The Caring Community, Meet the Composer and advised participants in 2008 and 2010 Youth About Business competitions
  • ABA - Antitrust, Business Law, Intellectual Property Law, and Science and Technology Sections (including E-Privacy Law and Open Source Software Licensing Committees)
  • Intellectual Property Owners Association - Open Source Committee
  • New York State Bar Association - Antitrust Committee
  • New York City Bar Association - Information Technology Committee (Chair, 2010 - 2013)
  • ITechLaw
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
  • Elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (2011)
  • Named Super Lawyer 2011 (New York - Metro) in Information Technology/Outsourcing
PUBLICATIONS
SPEECHES
  • Co-presenter with Ron Segal, Robert Field and John Stroili, technology operations panel, "Going Places, Going Strong: Our Global Pursuit of Success," Dress for Success 2011 Conference, June 27, 2011 
  • Co-presenter with Pamela Jones Harbour, David Kessler and Erika Brown Lee, "Privacy and Data Security Update May 2011," American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law teleconference, June 9, 2011
  • Co-presenter with Marshall Mendez and Shafeeqa Giarratani, "Happy New Year and Surprise! Federal Contractor Status and Obligations," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, October 26, 2010
  • Co-presenter with Katherine Armstrong, Erika Brown Lee and Shane Sims, "Emerging Trends in Consumer Privacy: Detection, Regulation and Enforcement," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, October 19, 2010
  • Co-presenter with Robert Corrigan and Lawrence Clore, "Social Media: Legal Issues and Trends," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, June 23, 2010
  • Co-presenter with Shafeeqa Watkins Giarratani, Matthew H. Kirtland and Marshall Mendez, "Happy New Year and Surprise! Federal Contractor Status and Obligations," Fulbright & Jaworski web seminar, October, 26, 2010
  • Co-presenter with Erika Brown Lee, Pamela Jones Harbour and Shane Sims, "Emerging Trends in Consumer Privacy: Detection, Regulation, and Enforcement," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, October 19, 2010
  • Co-presenter with Robert Corrigan, "What Senior Management Must Know about Social Media in Health Care," Texas Hospital Association web seminar, April 1, 2010
  • "Ultra Light Start-Ups Legal Roundtable Discussion," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. New York Office, May 19, 2009
  • Co-presenter with Laurie A. Weiss and Keith M. Angle, "Where the Wild Things Are: Meeting the Legal Challenges of Beastly New Technologies," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, April 21, 2009
  • Co-presenter with Joseph Daniels and Jennifer Morgan, "Ultra Light Start-Ups Legal Roundtable Discussion," as part of NYC Entrepreneur Week, April 21, 2009
  • Moderator, "Life After GPLv3: New Developments in Open Source Software Licensing," ABA Annual Meeting, August 8, 2008
  • "The Bourne Identity: Data Privacy and International eDisclosure," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. web seminar, May 15, 2008
  • "When IP Worlds Collide: GNU GPL v.3," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in-house web seminar, October 10, 2007
  • "Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act: A Broad Perspective," PLI, October 2001
  • "The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act," Association of Life Insurance Counsel, May 2001
  • "Insurance Transactions in a Dot.Com Era: The Impact of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act," ABA's Tort Insurance Practice Section, January 2001
  • "Computer Law: Negotiating Complex Transactions," National Law Journal seminar, March 1997
  • "Antitrust and Copyright," New York Copyright Law Society meeting, November 1995
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1985 - J.D., M.B.A., cum laude, University of Illinois
1981 - A.B., magna cum laude, Duke University

Sue was admitted to practice law in New York in 1986.

INTERESTS

Sue plays the flute and is a fan of the Mets baseball and Duke basketball teams.







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