Bio

Jeffrey Glassman is Partner and Chair of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Department and has earned the esteemed designation of Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). Jeffrey has spent the last two decades working as a corporate attorney representing entrepreneurs, investors, start-ups, emerging growth and lower middle-market companies. During the dot com boom, Jeffrey was in-house counsel to a software development company in Silicon Valley. While in-house he negotiated complex technology licensing agreements, assisted the sales team with structuring deals, supervised the development and protection of the company’s intellectual property (“IP”) portfolio, implemented stock options plans and negotiated executive employment packages to recruit high-level talent, managed the company’s efforts to comply with complex employment laws and regulations, and helped close a $35 million round of financing. Jeffrey counsels clients on choice, formation, legal mechanics and organization of corporate entities, limited liability companies and partnerships; corporate governance and compliance, advising the Board of Directors, and shareholder and investor rights and liabilities; raising capital including angel and venture financing; compliance with federal and state securities laws and private placement memoranda; employment agreements; stock option and phantom equity plans and agreements; protection of IP and trade secrets, proprietary information; contracts and general business matters; and mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, and other exit strategies; the development and protection of IP portfolios; and a wide variety of business transactions and disputes. He also advises clients on issues related to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; domain names and trademarks; website, mobile app and software development; cloud, hosting, information technology and data security agreements and transactions; terms of use and legal issues related to social networking; the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and related privacy laws and policies; e-commerce transactions; strategic alliance and joint venture agreements; advertising on the Internet; cybersecurity; and acquisition and sales of Internet-based businesses. In addition, Jeffrey advises clients on a wide variety of transactional, regulatory and litigation matters including, but not limited to, issues related to cutting-edge Internet, mobile marketing, social media, viral and influencer marketing; keyword and other search issues; false advertising claims, how to ensure use of truthful communications with consumers; endorsements and testimonials in advertising, product promotion and placement, and disclosures of material connections with endorsers and influencers; native advertising and the subtle integration of brand and marketing messages into digital content; tracking of consumers’ online and mobile activities; and compliance with FTC guidelines and the CAN-SPAM Act.