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Michael B. Katz

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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: 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.
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Energy & Sustainability Client Feature — AeroShield Materials

December 13, 2022 | Article | By Sahir Surmeli, Michael Katz

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The Mintz Matrix - September 2017

September 14, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz

As data breaches dominate national headlines it remains important as ever for businesses to invest in security and to be ready to respond if a breach occurs. 
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#MLWashingtonCyberWatch: The Cybersecurity Executive Order (at last)

May 18, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Joanne Dynak, Michael Katz

Amid the flurry following former FBI Director James Comey’s firing last week, President Trump marked his 111th day in office on Thursday, May 11th by signing an executive order targeting national cybersecurity.
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After a quiet winter there has been significant activity in state legislatures to enact, strengthen or clarify their data breach notification statutes. The latest happenings are summarized below and we have updated our “Mintz Matrix” to reflect these new and pending laws. 
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We are anxiously waiting to learn the fate of the data breach notification statute recently passed by state lawmakers in New Mexico. The bill remains on the desk of the governor who has until the end of the week to sign the legislation into law.
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March Fadness: Wearable Tech in the Workplace

March 28, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz

Wearable technology continues to do a full court press on the marketplace and in the process, the step counters of the world and health apps tied to devices capable of tracking real-time biostatistics, are revolutionizing the way companies think about wellness.
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March Fadness: Wearable Tech in the Workplace and Privacy

March 28, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz

Wearable technology continues to do a full-court press on the marketplace and in the process, the step counters of the world and health apps tied to devices capable of tracking real-time biostatistics, are revolutionizing the way companies think about wellness.
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The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) goes into effect in a little over fourteen months and from a quick glance at our bullet points analysis you can see there is a lot to consider. 
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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.
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Mintz has guided long-standing client Asimov in its $200 million fundraising aimed to scale the company’s tools and services business in biologics, cell/gene therapies, and RNA.
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