CTA Update: Federal Court Halts Enforcement with Preliminary Injunction

On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). Although this ruling could relieve you of your duty to file your company’s Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) report, the U.S. Department of Justice has already appealed the court’s action, and the BOI filing requirement could be reinstated on short notice. We therefore recommend you be prepared to file and stay up to date on this quickly changing legal landscape. This alert does not constitute legal advice but does provide a brief update on […]

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GTC Law Group Sponsors Tufts’ Annual Inventor Recognition Event

GTC Law Group proudly sponsored the Tufts Annual Inventor Recognition Event on November 6, a celebration of Tufts faculty who have achieved inspiring milestones in the commercialization of their inventions this year. The 2024 Distinguished Innovator of the Year was awarded to Fiorenzo (Fio) Omenetto and the 2024 Rising Innovator of the Year was awarded to Gili Naveh.  Additional awards were presented for patent issuances and newly executed options and licenses. GTC Law Group’s Thomas Hemnes, Stacey Irizarry, John Monocello, Jim Schleicher, and Stas Zakharenko attended the event and were honored to congratulate Fio, Gili, and all the evening’s awardees […]

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Preparing Your Privacy Program for 2025 and Beyond

By: Shea Leitch, Ilan Jenkins, Imogen Bowden, and Junshi Lu As we enter the final quarter of 2024, many companies are turning to their end-of-year privacy program updates. Over the past year, we have seen a substantial number of privacy laws come into effect, with many more coming down the pipeline for 2025: Four comprehensive privacy laws went into effect in 2024: Florida, Montana, Oregon, and Texas Several sectoral privacy laws went into effect, including some that pertain to “consumer health data” More states are passing laws concerning the protection of children’s data and implementing additional safeguarding requirements In 2025, […]

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Stas Zakharenko Presented at an MCLE Seminar on SaaS Agreements

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Stas Zakharenko co-presented at an MCLE seminar titled “SaaS Agreements Demystified”. Stas guided attendees through practical tips and best practices for understanding and negotiating SaaS agreements, including: Differences between SaaS agreements and traditional license and service contracts Negotiating key provisions of SaaS agreements Artificial Intelligence as SaaS If you have any questions about SaaS legal issues, please contact Stas Zakharenko at [email protected].

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Anthony Decicco, Shea Leitch, Wael Nackasha and Stas Zakharenko presented an OpenChain Webinar

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Anthony Decicco, Shea Leitch, Wael Nackasha and Stas Zakharenko presented an OpenChain webinar titled “AI-The Current Legal Landscape”. The team covered the following topics: Open source and AI Current litigation around AI Overview of current and forthcoming laws and regulations pertaining to AI Privacy and data protection and AI If you have any questions about AI legal issues please contact: Anthony Decicco at [email protected] Shea Leitch at [email protected] Wael Nackasha at [email protected] Stas Zakharenko at [email protected]

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GTC Law Group Taps Stas Zakharenko to Co-Lead Its Artificial Intelligence Practice

Stas Zakharenko brings extraordinary experience and expertise to GTC’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Group. Stas served as General Counsel of Audible, Senior Counsel at Amazon, Director of Product and Tech Legal at Netflix and Counsel at Sage Software before joining GTC. Stas applies his 18-plus years of experience to guide businesses and their engineers and data scientists through the challenges and opportunities of this dynamic space. GTC’s cross-functional AI Group comprises accomplished computer and data scientists, legal scholars, former GCs, and engineering professionals.  All have deep expertise in areas integral to developing and adopting AI technologies.  We empower clients to innovate […]

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GTC Law Group Announces Shea Leitch Has Joined the Firm’s Data Privacy Practice

With over 10 years at the forefront of privacy and data protection law, Shea brings wide-ranging experience and proven skills to GTC’s data privacy practice. Shea has served as a trusted advisor to multinational companies in an array of industries who rely on her to provide timely, strategic and practical advice as they build and adapt their global privacy and security programs. Shea has served as counsel for clients on projects ranging from the development of enterprise-wide privacy and security compliance programs and cybersecurity assessments, to targeted guidance on discrete privacy and security issues. With CIPP/US and CIPP/E certifications from […]

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Thomas Hemnes Has Published “The Copyright Work of Authorship”

GTC Law Group’s Principal Tom Hemnes has published an article titled “The Copyright of Work of Authorship”. Tom’s paper addresses the question of what constitutes a copyright “work of authorship” and how the concept of copyright infringement expanded from verbatim copying of books, maps and charts to include partial copies, fixations in all media, and derivative works.  The paper considers the impact Generative Artificial Intelligence will have on copyright, concluding that it will increase the public domain at the expense of diminishing the rights of copyright holders.  The full article can be found here: “THE COPYRIGHT WORK OF AUTHORSHIP” by Hemnes, […]

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GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Wael Nackasha presented a webinar hosted by the Board Risk Committee

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco and Wael Nackasha presented at a webinar hosted by the Board Risk Committee titled “Generative AI and Software Development: Managing the Risks While Leveraging the Opportunity”. Tony and Wael guided risk managers and board directors through the world of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), focusing on maximizing its potential and applications, as well as managing the associated risks within their organizations. This webinar provided an introduction to GAI and its applications, with a focus on using GAI tools (such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer and ChatGPT) for code generation and augmentation, particularly from a […]

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GTC Announces Stas Zakharenko Has Joined the Firm

GTC LAW GROUP IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT Stas Zakharenko HAS JOINED THE FIRM’S TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS AND AI PRACTICES   With over 18 years of experience at the forefront of intellectual property, technology and digital media law, including as the General Counsel of Audible, Senior Counsel of Amazon and Director of Product and Tech Legal at Netflix, Stas Zakharenko brings a rare blend of deep legal expertise, demonstrated business experience and executive-level leadership to his clients. Stas’ experience spans providing product development legal counseling, negotiating complex technology and content agreements as well as providing strategic legal and business leadership to […]

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