Renowned Data Privacy Expert David Bender Joins GTC Law Group

GTC Law Group, one of the nation’s premier IP and M&A boutique law firms, announced today that David Bender has joined the firm as Special Counsel, Data Privacy. David comes to GTC with years of extensive litigation, counseling, and transactional experience in Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Information Technology. David co-founded the Privacy practice, and founded the IP practice, at White & Case, as well as headed that firm’s Privacy practice. David’s services include privacy audits to bring corporations into global data privacy compliance, vetting proposed conduct of multinationals to ascertain compliance with pertinent privacy laws, advising on cross-border data transfer, […]

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Thomas Hemnes chairs panel at 20th Annual BCLT/BTLJ Symposium on Software IP at UC Berkeley Boalt Hall

Thomas Hemnes chaired a panel discussion at the 20th Annual BCLT/BTLJ Symposium on Software IP (April 14/15, 2016) at the University of California Berkeley School of Law on the topic of empirical studies of the impact of IP protection on the computer software industry. Tom is a prominent Boston intellectual property attorney and an internationally recognized expert on intellectual property law. Tom has been recognized as a Distinguished Specialist Practitioner by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of the United Kingdom and is featured in the IAM Licensing 250 – The World’s Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Lawyers.

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Thomas Hemnes and Sayoko Blodgett-Ford participate in BCLT/BTLJ’s Law & Tech Speaker Series

Thomas Hemnes and Sayoko Blodgett-Ford spoke at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) and Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ) Law & Tech Speaker Series on the topic, “Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — Time to Tame the Savage Beast?” Thank you Thomas Hemnes & Sayoko Blodgett-Ford, of GTC Law Group, for speaking at our Law & Tech Speaker Series. pic.twitter.com/n2QB09NdOI — BCLT (@BerkeleyLawBCLT) April 26, 2016  

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International Tax Expert Richard Schaul-Yoder joins GTC

GTC Law Group is thrilled to announce that Richard “Rick” Schaul-Yoder has joined the firm as Consultant Tax Counsel. Rick is a US tax attorney and an internationally recognized expert in the tax-efficient structuring of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, strategic investments and joint ventures, including the use of IP holding companies. He works closely with onshore and offshore investment funds and their managers, as well as tax advisors worldwide, to structure creative tax solutions for U.S. taxable, tax-exempt, and foreign investors. He has deep experience in IRS qualification and management of nonprofit corporations. Prior to joining GTC, Rick was a long-time partner, […]

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