As a Cybersecurity Team co-leader, Nick counsels on best practices to securely maintain electronically stored information and assists clients with the legal and business consequences of cybersecurity breaches. Nick has worked with professional businesses and clients in the health care, industrial, hospitality, and education industries in handling data security incidents, including coordinating forensic investigations, addressing state and federal law notification requirements, public relations issues, and responding to state and federal agency data breach investigations. Nick also assists clients with cybersecurity compliance requirements under state and federal laws and regulations and assesses cybersecurity issues in relation to due diligence in business purchase and sale transactions.
Nick additionally concentrates his practice on matters involving commercial litigation and construction and surety litigation, handling cases in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels. Nick represents businesses, municipalities, and individuals in a wide variety of contractual and business disputes. He represents owners, contractors, and subcontractors in construction matters, from the contracting phase through litigation in both court and arbitration settings; and he has also represented financial institutions, businesses, and government entities in class-action litigation and other complex commercial claims.
Nick also represents clients in matters involving state and federal government contracts, including in relation to construction projects and military contracts, and has extensive experience litigating NY CPLR Article 78 proceedings involving municipalities and various government agencies. He routinely handles complex arbitrations, including matters involving the Federal Arbitration Act and NY CPLR Article 75.
Nick has significant experience litigating labor and employment matters involving employment contract disputes, including noncompetition and restrictive covenant enforcement, and he frequently represents employers in administrative proceedings and litigation involving discrimination, wage and hour, unemployment, and unfair labor practice claims. He also counsels employers on best practices in relation to potential employment and labor law-related issues.