GTC held  “A Toolkit for Data Privacy & Security” Conference on September 29th at the Downtown Harvard Club.  Practical steps were provided to enhance organization’s data privacy and security compliance program, with guidance from well-respected experts in the field. Attendees were introduced to experienced consultants and vendors who can assist in these areas. You have likely been inundated with alerts about the new EU-US Privacy Shield and its availability as of August 1, 2016.  Companies certifying compliance with the Privacy Shield can benefit in bringing EU-origin information into the US, but will increase their risk of enforcement actions if their US-centric policies do not meet EU standards.  GTC’s […]

GTC's series on data privacy and security will continue with the following event in 2017: Data Breach Simulation Exercise – Thursday January 12, 2017 8:45am - noon at the downtown Harvard Club (Boston). Rocco Grillo, Executive Managing Director/Cyber Resilience Leader, Stroz Friedberg/Aon Peter Lefkowitz, Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Digital Rights Management Counsel, GE Digital Patrick Ford, Chief Information Security Officer, Americas Region, Schneider Electric Sayoko Blodgett-Ford, CIPP/US, Member, GTC Law Group PC Additional speakers and team facilitators to be confirmed. This will be a lively interactive training.  Attendees will work in teams of 5-6 and we will go through a simulated data […]

GTC Member and Chief Privacy Officer Sayoko Blodgett-Ford to co-chair Privacy & Cybersecurity conference on May 21st with chair Peter Lefkowitz, Chief Digital Risk Officer of Citrix. The event is offered through the Boston Bar Association. Panel sessions will cover a wide range of topics including: GDPR & Global Privacy Developments Incident Response Planning Advertising and Marketing Privacy Compliance Financial Services and Cryptocurrency Law Enforcement & Regulatory Trends For additional information, please see the BBA conference website.

GTC Law Group’s Anthony Decicco and Leon Schwartz present at a firm-hosted TechGC event on January 24, 2019 in Boston. Tony and Leon shared expertise on the impact open source software may have on transactions (such as M&A events, large customer contracts and IPOs) for venture backed startups, and address myths regarding the use of open source software by SaaS companies. The presentation featured a lively discussion of the competing views of buyers and sellers and provided GCs with actionable insights they can use to pave the way for a smooth exit. Earlier in the day, GTC shareholders Rick Olin, […]

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, presented a webinar with Black Duck Software on August 15, 2019. The webinar, titled “What You Need to Know About Source Licensing,” offered practical advice to help to mitigate risk associated with open source and highlighted: • The history and risk of open source software • Intellectual property law for software licensing • The most popular licenses and their obligations

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, & Leon Schwartz, Associate, presented at Black Duck Flight 2019 on September 18, 2019. The presentation, titled “Stump the Lawyers: Q&A/Discussion of Open Source Licenses for Developers”, covered: • How to decode the legalese and details on open source licensing • Opportunity to share ideas, best practices and key success factors as it relates to open source licenses

GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, & Leon Schwartz, Associate, presented at Black Duck Flight 2019 on September 19, 2019. The presentation, titled “So You’ve Got Your Open Source Audit Report, Now What?”, covered: • How to effectively identify and manage compliance and security risks associated with open source software • Next steps once you have composition of the code