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Data Breach Litigation
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Privacy and Cybersecurity
Federal Court Finds Article III Standing In Data Event Litigation But Dismisses Majority of Plaintiff’s Claims Under Rule 12(b)(6)
CPW previously has covered multiple decisions that address Article III standing requirements for pleading a claim in federal court. A recent decision out of a federal court in Missouri is…
Privacy World
Federal Court Finds Article III Standing In Data Event Litigation But Dismisses Majority of Plaintiff’s Claims Under Rule 12(b)(6)
CPW previously has covered multiple decisions that address Article III standing requirements for pleading a claim in federal court. A recent decision out of a federal court in Missouri is…
Privacy World
Connecticut Does Away With Punitive Damages in Certain Data Breach Litigations
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
As of October 1, 2021, Connecticut becomes the third state with a data breach litigation “safe harbor” law with Public Act No. 21-119. Following the lead of Utah and Ohio,…
The Data Advisor
No Harm, No Foul: Supreme Court Narrows Article III Standing to Require That All Class Members Suffer a Concrete Injury in Fact
By Allison Bender, Edward Holman
Overview On June 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided TransUnion v. Ramirez, which held that even when a statute has been violated, and that statute provided a private right of…
Privacy World
Second Circuit Ruling Indicates Certain Plaintiffs May Continue to Bring Claims for Disclosure of Personal Information, But Language in Privacy Policy Inadequate for Breach of Contract Claim
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
As CPW reported earlier this year, the Second Circuit recently issued a monumental decision concerning Article III standing in a data breach. In that case, McMorris v. Carlos Lopez &…
Southeast Financial Litigation Monitor
Eleventh Circuit Affirms $380.5M Class Action Settlement in Equifax Data Breach Litigation
By Conrad Anderson, Gregory C. Cook
Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the $380.5M settlement in the Equifax data breach class actions – a settlement which the district court…
Global Supply Chain Law Blog
Owners of Colonial Pipeline Hit With Class Action Regarding Allegedly Deficient Cybersecurity Following Hack, Showing All Data Breaches Carry Litigation Risk
By Kristin Bryan, Sarah Rathke
This is a Cross-Post from Consumer Privacy World. Please contact Kristin Bryan with any questions. Well, that took no time at all. On May 19, 2021, the first class action was filed…
Privacy World
No Happy Hour Here: $7.1 Million Settlement Reached in Alcohol Delivery Data Breach Class Action Litigation, Class Members Anticipated to Get $14 Cash Payout
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
Data breaches are on the rise, and with a rise in breaches comes an accompanying increase in data breach litigation. A recent class action settlement involving the largest online alcohol…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Register to Hear CPW’s Kristin Bryan and Ericka Johnson Talk Data Breach Response and Litigation
As readers of CPW know, we are all about covering recent trends and real time developments in the area of data breaches, cybersecurity, and data event litigation. And with the…
Privacy World
Say It Isn’t So – Court Certifies Rule 23(b)(3) Damages Class in Data Breach Litigation
By Amy Doolittle, Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
CPW has been covering data breach litigations for quite some time, including dismissal of defective data breach complaints and the ongoing federal circuit split regarding Article III standing. Yesterday, for…