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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
PharMerica and Amerita Sued in Class Actions for Breach of Patient Data
PharMerica and its subsidiary Amerita’s Specialty Infusion Services (Amerita) are already facing class action lawsuits after patients received a September 5, 2023, data breach notification letter. When the businesses detected…
Rivkin Rounds
FTC Issues Guidance on HIPAA, FTC Act, and Health Breaches
By Eric Fader
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently issued guidance entitled “Collecting, Using, or Sharing Consumer Health Information? Look to HIPAA, the FTC Act, and the Health Breach Notification Rule.” The guidance…
The Contingency
Commercial Roundup – September 15, 2023
Here you go--Commercial Roundup for the couple of weeks ending September 14, 2023 Data breach that exposed plaintiff’s personally identifying information to hacker caused “concrete” harm and conferred Article III…
Technology Law Dispatch
Fourth Circuit Decision Highlights Class Action Waivers for Data Breaches are Alive and Well
By Eric Manski, Alan Bart
On August 18, 2023, the Fourth Circuit decertified approximately 20 million putative class action claims arising out of a 2018 data breach involving Marriott Hotels. See here. The Fourth Circuit…
Inside Class Actions
Fourth Circuit Holds that the Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements Containing Class Waivers Must Be Resolved Before Class Certification
A significant recent decision by the Fourth Circuit confirms that arbitration agreements that contain class-action waiver provisions can be a powerful tool to defeat class certification. In In re Marriott…
Class Action Defense Blog
Arizona Federal Court Grants Pest Control Company’s Motion To Dismiss Data Breach Class Claims
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and George J. Schaller Duane Morris Takeaways: In Gannon v. Truly Nolen of America Inc., No. 22-CV-428 (D. Ariz. Aug. 31, 2023),…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Insights From The IBM 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report
The annual Cost of a Data Breach Report (Report) published by IBM is reliably full of helpful cybersecurity data. This year is no different. After reviewing the Report, we pulled…
Shufti Pro Blog
Paramount and Forever 21 Data Breach Exposes Thousands of Customer’s Personal Details
By Richard M.
The significant media house Paramount Global and the renowned fashion supplier, Forever 21, have faced several data breach attacks exposing the personal information of thousands of people and set the…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Canada Revenue Agency issues certification notice of class action lawsuit involving privacy breach
Individuals who used certain government online accounts in 2020 are affected by the breach
Scott Technology Attorneys Blog
38 Words That Give MSPs A Boost In Data Breach Cases
By Rob Scott
Wade Tyler Millward, CRN After an MSP lists all vendors, vendor services agreements and privacy policies, attorney Rob Scott tells MSPs to add these 38 words: ‘Under no circumstances will…