The final countdown has begun to July 1, when Colorado’s Data Privacy Act (the “CPA”) takes effect. The CPA joins a fast-growing number of state comprehensive privacy statutes. We have previously written on the laws from...more
Background - The Illinois Supreme Court recently issued a decision that could have wide-ranging implications for defendants and plaintiffs alike under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). In response to a...more
A little over two weeks ago, T-Mobile became the latest victim of a cyberattack when more than 50 million of their customers’ data was stolen. In the ensuing weeks, three class action suits have been filed against the...more
Earlier this year, New York City passed a law restricting the collection and/or use of biometric technology by certain businesses. The new law goes into effect July 9, meaning applicable businesses have a couple more weeks...more
As we previously described and as reflected in the rapidly increasing number of cyber-attacks since its start, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a shift in working practices that hackers and other bad actors are using to...more
9/4/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Medical Records ,
Medical Research ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware
Well before the California Attorney General’s power to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) commenced on July 1, 2020, as we have recently reported, private plaintiffs had already jumped into the fray, suing...more
On August 28, 2019, almost a month after Paige A. Thompson was arrested based on allegations that she hacked into servers rented by Capital One Financial Corporation, a criminal indictment was returned charging her with one...more
In a significant ruling addressing the scope of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine in a data breach case, a Federal judge in Oregon ordered Premera Blue Cross, the Washington-based healthcare services...more
11/10/2017
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Discovery ,
Health Insurance ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Premera Blue Cross ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Work-Product Doctrine
Banner Health recently announced that hackers may have gained “unauthorized access to patient information” and “payment card data” from approximately 3.7 million patients, health plan members, food and beverage customers, and...more
In a test of the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to police cybersecurity, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday ruled that the agency has broad power to take action against private sector companies which fail to...more
When hackers breach a business’s systems, class actions are sure to follow. Often, however, these suits have faltered right out of the starting gate. Citing the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Clapper v. Amnesty...more