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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Mintz May Madness: Montana’s New Consumer Data Privacy Law Follows the Leaders ... and we’re not talking about California!
May 31, 2023 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose, Angie Isaza-Loaiza
In Montana, Governor Greg Gianforte signed the Montana’s Consumer Data Privacy Act (S.B. 384) (“MCDPA”) on May 19, 2023 – one of the strongest privacy bills signed in a red state. Montana now becomes the ninth state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law.
Mintz May Madness: Tennessee’s Information Protection Act Gets Us Thinking About NIST(y) Safe Harbors
May 12, 2023 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz, Ilse P. Johnson
Tennessee is expected to become the eighth or ninth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. Tennessee Information Protection Act (“TIPA”) is a unique safe harbor compared to other recently enacted laws: it offers an affirmative defense to businesses who create, maintain and comply with a written privacy program that “reasonably conforms” to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) privacy framework or “other documented policies, standards, and procedures designed to safeguard consumer privacy.”
Mintz May Madness: Comprehensive Data Privacy Laws Sweeping the Nation
May 3, 2023 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose, Ilse P. Johnson
Last month, three state legislatures passed comprehensive data privacy laws. This week, Indiana’s governor signed the Indiana Consumer Data Privacy Act (“ICDPA’) into law. Montana and Tennessee likely to follow right behind. These newcomers will join the six other states with data privacy statutes already enacted.
Reporting from the IAPP Global Privacy Summit
April 5, 2023 | | By Michael Katz
Energy & Sustainability Client Feature — AeroShield Materials
December 13, 2022 | Article | By Sahir Surmeli, Michael Katz
Read about AeroShield Materials, a manufacturer of super-insulating materials to decarbonize the world’s built environment and its recent $4 million seed funding round.
The Mintz Matrix - September 2017
September 14, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz
#MLWashingtonCyberWatch: The Cybersecurity Executive Order (at last)
May 18, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Joanne Dynak, Michael Katz
States Take Action! New Mexico, Tennessee and Virginia Pass New Data Breach Legislation
April 18, 2017 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose
Better Late Than Never: New Mexico on the Cusp of Enacting Data Breach Notification Statute
April 5, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz
March Fadness: Wearable Tech in the Workplace
March 28, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz
News & Press
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.