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Editor

Cynthia Larose

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Cynthia Larose is a member in Mintz Levin's Corporate Group and leads our Privacy and Security practice. She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional, working with clients in various industries to develop comprehensive information security programs on the front end, and providing timely counsel when it becomes necessary to respond to a data breach.

 

 

Contributors

Michael S. Arnold

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Michael is an associate in the firm's New York office, practicing in the Employment, Labor and Benefits Section. Michael has a wide range of experience representing clients in connection with a variety of complex employment litigation matters.

 

Stephen R. Bentfield

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Stephen is an Associate in the firm’s Health Law Section and practices in the Washington, D.C. office. He counsels health care clients and other entities on HIPAA requirements as well as state-imposed health care record privacy and security.

 

Dianne Bourque

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Dianne is Of Counsel in the firm’s Health Law Section. She advises a variety of health care clients on a broad range of issues, including licensure, regulatory, contractual, and risk management matters, and patient care.

 

Stu Eaton

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Stu is an Associate in the firm’s Litigation Section and practices in the Palo Alto office. He began his legal career at a major firm in Washington, D.C., where he focused his practice on telecommunications, data privacy, and security matters.

 

 

Lance Kurata

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Lance Kurata is a partner in the firm's Corporate group and heads the firm’s West Coast technology transactions practice.

 

 

 Kevin M. McGinty

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Kevin is a member in the firm's Boston office whose practice is concentrated in complex corporate and class action litigation. Kevin chairs the firm's Class Action Working Group and has experience defending consumer, antitrust, unfair trade practice, contract, mass tort and employment class actions.

 

Jennifer Rubin

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Jennifer is a member in the Employment, Labor and Benefits practice as well as the International practice. She helped start Mintz Levin’s greater Metropolitan Employment, Labor and Benefits practice ten years ago, and regularly handles significant employment litigation matters.

 

Julia Siripurapu

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Julia is an associate in the firm's Boston office, practicing in the Corporate Section. Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Julia worked as a Legal Intern at a national investment firm in the intellectual property and licensing group.