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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week At The Ninth: Infotainment and Drydocks

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This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the distinction between Article III and statutory standing, and it considers issues arising from the sinking of a drydock in a marine sanctuary. JONES v. FORD MOTOR CO. - ...more

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Filters Fast LLC Fails to Obtain Dismissal of Plaintiffs’ Proposed Class Action

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This week, a North Carolina federal judge denied Filters Fast LLC’s motion to dismiss a proposed data breach class action, ruling that the plaintiffs demonstrated adequate harm to satisfy Article III standing....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

No (Actual) Injury, No Problem: Second Circuit Recognizes An “Increased-Risk” Theory Of Standing For Plaintiffs In Data Breach...

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In McMorris v. Carlos Lopez & Associates, LLC, a data breach case, the Second Circuit held that plaintiffs may demonstrate standing based on a theory of “increased risk” of future identity theft or fraud following an...more

Fisher Phillips

One Employee’s Accidental Email Leads To A Significant Data Breach Ruling in Federal Appeals Court

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A federal appeals court recently addressed whether employees had standing to bring a lawsuit when their personally identifiable information (PII) was inadvertently circulated to other employees at the company, with no...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

The First Wave of CCPA Allegations Makes Its Way Into a New Data Breach Class Action Against Salesforce and Hanna Andersson

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The companies Salesforce.com, Inc. and Hanna Andersson, LLC are on the receiving end of a novel lawsuit, which appears to be the very first data breach class action ever filed with alleged violations of the California...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Appellate Court Lowers Pleading Requirements for Standing in Optometrists’ Data Breach Suit

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has found that allegations that fraudsters used the personal information of data breach victims are sufficient to establish standing even without any fraudulent charges...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

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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