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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Neiman Marcus files Petition for Rehearing En Banc
We previously reported on the Seventh Circuit's reversal of the District Court's dismissal of the data breach class action case against Neiman Marcus. On August 3, 2015, Neiman Marcus filed…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Proposed class action case filed against Medical Informatics Engineering
Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc., an electronic medical record service provider, recently disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 4 million individuals. Within days of the disclosure, Medical Informatics was hit with a…
Inside Privacy
Neiman Marcus Asks Full 7th Circuit to Consider Standing Ruling in Breach Suit
A Seventh Circuit panel that allowed a data breach suit against Neiman Marcus to proceed misapplied the Supreme Court’s precedents on standing and, “if allowed to stand, will impose wasteful…
Byte Back
Breach litigation standing — the bell tolls for Clapper
By Taylor Concannon, Peter Sloan
For years, federal district courts have reliably dismissed data breach consumer class actions at the outset, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Clapper v. Amnesty International. Defendants’ tried-and-true argument…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Nevada Updated Its Definition of Personal Information, Have You?
When businesses set out to safeguard “personal information,” a fundamental consideration is what that term means. Likewise, when negotiating a third-party vendor agreement, it typically is not enough to rely…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
OPM Data Breach Update
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved funding to provide the 22 million individuals affected by the OPM data breaches with 10 years of credit monitoring services and $5 million in…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Member information accessed through Healthfirst’s online portal during fraud scheme
On July 25, 2015, Healthfirst Inc. notified approximately 5,300 of its members that their information may have been compromised during a criminal fraud scheme perpetrated against it. The fraudulent scheme…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Seventh Circuit Finds Article III Standing Following Data Breach, but Significant Hurdles Remain for Plaintiffs Seeking Recovery
By Harriet Pearson, Michelle Kisloff, Britanie Hall
In a move counter to the trending precedent in data breach litigation, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled on July 20 that data breach plaintiffs…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
HIPAA Violation from Cyberattack that Exposes 4.5 Million Patients at UCLA Health?
By Peter Vogel
In July 2011 UCLA Health settled HIPAA violations, paid a fine of $865,000, and “committed to a corrective action plan aimed at remedying gaps in its compliance with the rules,”…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Federal Court: Seventh Circuit States Data Breach Class’ Allegations Against Neiman Marcus Satisfy Article III Standing
On July 20, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed a previous decision that dismissed a putative data breach class action against Neiman Marcus for…