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Courts Are Still Willing To Dismiss Data Breach Lawsuits for Lack of Standing

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In data breach litigation, courts generally find plaintiffs have standing such that their complaints may proceed past the pleading stage when it is alleged that sensitive information was impacted and there is an allegation of...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Litigation under New Jersey’s “Daniel’s Law”

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The New Jersey privacy statute – “Daniel’s Law” – has been in full effect for only a little more than a year now, but New Jersey courts have already been inundated with a wave of lawsuits. In February 2024 alone, more than...more

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Data breach class actions: SDNY finds standing based on sketchy injury-in-fact allegations

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Takeaway: Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l USA, 568 U.S. 398, 416 (2013), that plaintiffs “cannot manufacture standing merely by inflicting harm on themselves based on . . . hypothetical...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

District of Massachusetts Dismisses Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Injury

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On October 18, 2022, in Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC, the District of Massachusetts dismissed a class action complaint brought by former pharmacy patients alleging that their sensitive personal information had been...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Supreme Court’s Ramirez Isn’t Standing in the Way of Standing in Recent Data Breach and Privacy Cases

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Despite the much-anticipated impact of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (“Ramirez”), the Supreme Court decision has not prevented data breach and privacy class actions from proceeding past the pleading stage in federal courts across...more

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No Federal Court Standing for Data Breach Claims Alleging Theft of Non-Sensitive Personal Information

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A federal court in California has ruled that the plaintiff in a putative class action alleging theft of non-sensitive personal information arising from a cybersecurity data breach lacks Article III standing to maintain his...more

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