• GTC Data Privacy & Security Training at Juniper Friday 11/3 9am to 12:30pm (Sunnyvale California)

    GTC recently held its latest data privacy training event on November 3, 2017 from 9am to 12:30pm Pacific. Many thanks Juniper Networks who very generously hosted this conference at their headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Topics and speakers included the following, and relevant aspects of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") were addressed. Mergers & Acquisitions – Data Privacy & Security (Panel #1) Jon Adams, Senior Privacy Counsel, LinkedIn Rocco Grillo, Executive Managing Director, Cyber Resilience Leader, Stroz Friedberg/Aon Sayoko Blodgett-Ford, Member & Chief Privacy Officer, GTC Law Group Beyond the Basics:  Recent Developments in Global Data Privacy & Security David Bender, […]

  • GTC to Participate in BC Law Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    GTC to Participate in BC Law Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship April 2018 Event Come hear innovators in mobile apps discuss their entrepreneurial projects and the legal issues that arise along the way. This event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be served. Panelists include: Elliot Schrock – Founder/Lead Developer at Thryv, Inc. (entrepreneurship in mobile app dev) William Palin – Access to Justice/Technology Fellow, Harvard Law School (building mobile app tools to increase access to justice) Charity Everett – Augmented Reality Artist and Storyteller, Go Back Fetch It (use of augmented reality for storytelling using mobile devices) Moderator:  Sayoko Blodgett-Ford, Adjunct Professor (Mobile App Development […]

  • GTC Member and Chief Privacy Officer Sayoko Blodgett-Ford to co-chair Privacy & Cybersecurity event on May 21st.

    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 Hosted a TechGC Event on January 24, 2019

    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 Presented a Webinar with Black Duck

    GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco, Shareholder, presented a webinar with Black Duck Software on February 6, 2019. The webinar, titled “The 2018 Open Source Year in Review,” highlighted the most significant legal developments related to open source software in 2018, including: • Big open source transactions • Business model problems and the proposed solutions • The need to extend the scope of an audit to cover web services/APIs • The changing tide in open source license adoption

  • GTC Law Group & Affiliates’ Tony Decicco Presented a Webinar with Black Duck

    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

    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

    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