John Kennedy is a partner in Wiggin and Dana's Corporate Department and a
member of the Information Technology and Outsourcing, and Privacy and
Information Security Groups.
In 25 years of practice, Mr. Kennedy has focused on transactions and counseling
in the law of information technology, data privacy and security, intellectual
property and e-commerce. His transactional practice includes outsourcing,
software development and licensing, e-commerce transactions, technology
transfer and intellectual property-intensive M&A, divestitures, joint ventures and
re-structurings. His clients have included Fortune 500 as well as emerging
companies in the financial services, technology, communications, media, energy
and consumer products sectors.
Mr. Kennedy has negotiated complex information technology (IT) outsourcing
services agreements involving cloud computing, IT infrastructure and software
procurement, systems integration, software development and maintenance, voice
and data services and disaster recovery and business continuity. He has also
negotiated business process outsourcing (BPO) agreements for call centers and
customer support services, finance and accounting services, human resources
administration, enterprise procurement services, government passport and visa
services, research and development services and supply chain management. His
work in this area includes advising clients on all stages of the contract process,
including RFP preparation and evaluation, vendor diligence, negotiation of
definitive agreements and ongoing advice concerning governance, dispute
management and amendments.
In Mr. Kennedy's extensive practice in information privacy and security law, he
has represented clients in connection with risk and compliance assessments of
data privacy policies and practices, data breach preparedness and response,
regulatory investigations of data practices, behavioral advertising campaigns and
'privacy by design' analyses of products and services in social media and mobile
e-commerce, corporate information governance programs, international data
transfers and compliance with U.S. state and federal data privacy and
information security laws. His clients in this area include companies in the
financial services, technology, media, energy and consumer products industries.
He is the author of numerous articles on privacy and data security and since
2000 has co-chaired Practising Law Institute's Annual Privacy and Data Security
Law Institute.
Mr. Kennedy received his J.D. from Columbia Law School. He was a William
Rainey Harper Fellow at the University of Chicago, where he earned an M.A. in
English and American Literature, and graduated magna cum laude from Carleton
College.