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2024 Year in Review: Data Breach Litigation

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One of the main risks for a company in the event of a data breach is the threat of litigation. Data breach litigation continued to proliferate in 2024, as it has in prior years....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Pain and Suffering for a Data Breach? German Court Issues First Decision of Its Kind in Europe.

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A German Court has ordered pain and suffering damages as a result of a data breach, the first decision of its kind in Europe. According to the judgment, Scalable Capital has to pay the plaintiff, represented by consumer...more

King & Spalding

North Carolina Federal Court Dismisses Data Breach Class Action Based on Lack of Article III Standing

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On October 1, the Eastern District of North Carolina dismissed a putative data breach class action because the plaintiffs failed to allege facts showing that their stolen data had actually been used (or was likely to be used)...more

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Sixth Circuit: Substantial Risk of Harm and Mitigation Costs Sufficient to Confer Standing in Data Breach Case

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On October 12, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied a petition for an en banc rehearing of its September 12 decision in Galaria, et al. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nos. 15-3386/3387). In...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Galaria v. Nationwide: Data Breach Plaintiffs Standing Strong in the Sixth

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This week, in the first post-Spokeo circuit court decision to address standing in a data-breach class action, the Sixth Circuit joined the Seventh Circuit in holding that plaintiffs whose sensitive personal information has...more

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Home Depot Challenges Banks’ Standing to Recover Losses Related to Data Breaches

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In the aftermath of major data breaches at deep-pocketed retailers and other businesses, there is typically no shortage of litigants who move quickly to seek compensation from the business at which the breach occurred. But...more

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A Closer Look At The Fallout From The Home Depot Data Breach

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More than a year and a half ago, Home Depot announced that it had been a victim of one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history. Media outlets reported that the breach had affected Home Depot’s customers who had made...more

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