October 30, 2015 – The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted a motion to remand Mintz & Geftic’s high-stakes wage & hour class action case from federal court to state court.
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July 9, 2015 – Mintz & Geftic has filed a class action lawsuit against Horizon alleging that Horizon failed to safeguard its customers’ sensitive personal information, including their protected health information as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), Social Security numbers, names, dates of birth, mailing addresses, demographic information, medical records, and health insurance identification numbers (collectively, their “Sensitive Data”). As a healthcare insurance provider, Horizon is required to protect its customers’ Sensitive Data by adopting and implementing the specific data security regulations and standards set forth under HIPAA. Many of these same data security protection practices are mandated by…
June 20, 2015 – Mintz & Geftic’s Bryan H. Mintz obtained a rating of “Superb” by the attorney rating organization AVVO, which is the highest rating conferred by the organization.
June 1, 2015 – Mintz & Geftic have an office located in the Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue, 59th Floor, New York, New York 10118. Mintz & Geftic litigates cases in all of the boroughs of New York, and the proximity of the Empire State Building to the various courthouses makes it an ideal location for their New York office.
May 29, 2015 – Mintz & Geftic settled a lawsuit arising out of a Bergen County motor vehicle accident for $1,475,000. Mintz & Geftic’s client suffered an injury to the L5-S1 (lower back) after his car got hit from behind. The injury resulted in two surgeries. The first surgery was a fusion and discectomy, and the second surgery was a fusion with a laminectomy. The case resolved for $1,475,000 in less than two years after it was filed.
March 20, 2015 – Mintz & Geftic announced that Bryan H. Mintz will join the firm as a partner. Bryan brings his extensive high profile business and class action litigation practice to Mintz & Geftic. Bryan is an experienced trial attorney who focuses his practice on complex litigation, involving contract and business disputes, products liability, class actions, medical malpractice, and personal injury litigation
March 25, 2015 – Mintz & Geftic attorney, Bryan H. Mintz, has been selected to the New Jersey’s Super Lawyers list for the second year in a row. Only five percent of the lawyers in New Jersey were selected.