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Data Breach Litigation
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Privacy World
Denied! Federal Court Allows Claims to Proceed Concerning Wide Scale Data Breach
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
In 2019, the health care sector was the most frequent target of cybercriminals. This trend has persisted in 2020. As CPW’s Kristin Bryan covered, in response to this growing threat,…
Technology Law Dispatch
The rise of data protection group litigation actions in England and Wales
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Sarah O'Brien
Class actions are widely known for their popularity in the United States. These types of actions are now developing in the UK because of recent data breach litigations. In the…
Privacy Zone
Data Security / Privacy Litigator and Former DOJ Supervisory Counterintelligence and Cyber Counsel Christopher Ott Joins Rothwell Figg
Christopher A. Ott, CIPP/US, former Supervisory Counterintelligence and Cyber Counsel to the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and most recently, a partner in private practice at…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
CCPA Data Breach Class Action Litigation Begins
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian
As reported by Bloomberg Law, data breach class action litigation has begun under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Filed in the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, a…
Password Protected
CCPA Review: The CCPA May Prohibit Some, But Not All, State Consumer Protection Law Claims
By Alicia A. Baiardo, Anthony Q. Le
In less than one month, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) will go into effect and begin a new era of data breach litigation. While the California Attorney…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Some Good News for the Cybersecurity Class Action Bar
[caption id="attachment_18139" align="alignleft" width="262"] John Reed Stark[/caption] As discussed in the following guest post from John Reed Stark, a recent development in the class action litigation arising out of the…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Georgia Supreme Court May Weigh in on Standing in Data Breach Litigation
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Maya Atrakchi
The Georgia Supreme Court may weigh in on the hot issue plaguing data breach class action litigation across the nation, must a data breach victim suffer actual financial loss to…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Legislation Would Give Consumers Ability to File Lawsuits Against Major Credit Reporting Agencies Over Data Breaches
By Odia Kagan
Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) is preparing to take on the largest credit reporting bureaus with a data security proposal that would give consumers the right to sue after data breaches.…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Supreme Court Rules on Employee Data Breach Class Arbitration Suit
By Jason C. Gavejian, Maya Atrakchi
In June of 2018 we reported that the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for review of a data breach lawsuit addressing the issue of whether parties can pursue class…
Faruki Blog
Class Certification Proving Challenging in Data Breach Actions
A trio of decisions illustrates the challenge of obtaining class certification in class actions based on data breaches. Relatively few courts have addressed the issue of class certification in data…