Mike is a corporate attorney who focuses his practice on mergers & acquisitions, private equity transactions, and venture capital financings. He regularly assists clients with commercial contract negotiations, licensing agreements, and data privacy and security matters, and he also advises startup and emerging companies as they navigate the early stages of their businesses. Mike represents companies in the technology and health care sectors and a variety of other industries.
Mike rejoins Mintz after more than three years as an associate in the Upstate New York office of a global law firm, where he assisted with a broad range of transactions and financings, commercial agreements, and data privacy and security matters. Mike started his career as an Associate at Mintz and prior to that he was a Summer Associate and Project Analyst at the firm. He has also worked as a legal specialist at a management consulting company based in Boston.
During law school, Mike served as a legal intern with a leading telemedicine company and the now-retired Honorable Raymond J. Brassard of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. He also completed a fellowship with the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental & Related Disabilities program through the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
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Just Around the Corner, Iowa’s Consumer Privacy Law Taking Effect
November 19, 2024 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose, Paty Garza Gonzalez
Iowa's consumer privacy law is taking effect soon. Learn more about the Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act or “IACDPA” which becomes effective on January 1, 2025.
Consumer Privacy Laws are Taking Effect Across the Nation – Are You Ready?
October 30, 2024 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose, Paty Garza Gonzalez
Learn about the Oregon Consumer Privacy Law which took effect in July of 2024.
FTC Warns AI Companies to Honor Privacy and Confidentiality Commitments — AI: The Washington Report
January 19, 2024 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Bruce Sokler, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Raj Gambhir
Read about the FTC’s business guidance blog post discussing its resolve to enforce the privacy commitments of certain AI firms known as “model-as-a-service” companies in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
2023 Round-Up on State Consumer Data Privacy Laws
December 28, 2023 | Blog | By Ilse P. Johnson, Michael Katz, Jon Taylor
California Continues to Expand Privacy Protections
October 13, 2023 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose, M. Bertie Magit
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CCPA”), has been further expanded under Governor Gavin Newsom. The signing of Assembly Bills 947 and 1194 expands the protection of sensitive personal information. Read more to find out the impacts of these bills and the Delete Act.
Release of new Mintz Matrix! States keep tinkering
September 7, 2023 | Article | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz
Read more about how several states have clarified or tightened their data breach notification statutes since we last updated the Mintz Matrix at the beginning of the year.
SEC Adopts Final Cybersecurity Rules for Public Companies
August 1, 2023 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, John Condon, Michael Katz, Stefan Jović
The SEC adopted its final rules and amendments concerning cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure (the “Final Rule”) on July 26, 2023. In this article we highlight some of the principal changes to the cybersecurity rules first proposed by the SEC more than 16 months prior.
SEC Adopts Final Cybersecurity Rules for Public Companies
August 1, 2023 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, John Condon, Michael Katz, Stefan Jović
The SEC adopted its final rules and amendments concerning cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure (the “Final Rule”) on July 26, 2023. In this article we highlight some of the principal changes to the cybersecurity rules first proposed by the SEC more than 16 months prior.
Texas Has Been Busy Ramping up Privacy Protections with new Comprehensive Data Privacy Law and Stricter Data Breach Notification Requirements
July 10, 2023 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz, Danielle Barney
Texas has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive consumer data privacy laws. Read more to learn about the business obligations and consumer protections this law sets.
Florida Governor Signs Data Privacy Law Focused on Children, Search Engines and Billion Dollar Businesses
June 9, 2023 | Blog | By Elana Lerner Brockmann, Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose
Florida has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive privacy laws. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”) into law on June 6th.
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Law360 published an article written by Privacy & Cybersecurity Chair Cynthia Larose, and Associates Michael Katz and Elana Lerner Brockman, which analyzes the Florida Digital Bill of Rights.
Mintz Advises Bio Client Asimov in $200M Fundraising
January 10, 2023
Mintz advised Asimov in a $200 million fundraising aimed at helping the synthetic biology company scale its tools and services business focused on biologics, cell and gene therapies, and RNA. Mintz Member and seasoned life sciences transactional attorney Joshua Fox led a team that included Associates Kaoru Suzuki and Michael Katz.
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