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Cozen Currents: It's Still the Economy, Stupid

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The Cozen Lens- • As James Carville quipped in 1992, “It’s the economy, stupid.” This likely still holds true for 2024. • Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s (R-SC) campaign for the GOP presidential nomination...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Issue 10, 2022

A recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers revealed that U.S. executives now consider cyberattacks the number one risk their companies face. Concerns about cybersecurity have moved beyond the Chief Information Security Office...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

11th Circuit Adds to Circuit Split, Holding Threat of Future Harm and Associated Mitigation Efforts Is Not Enough to Confer...

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Earlier this month, the Eleventh Circuit, in Tsao v. Captiva MVP Restaurant Partners, LLC, No. 18-14959, 2021 WL 381948 (11th Cir. Feb. 4, 2021), affirmed the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of patrons...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

The Eleventh U.S. Circuit Wades into the Data-Breach-Standing Debate

Last week, in a 26-page opinion, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in on two questions crucial to the viability of privacy and data breach litigation in federal court—and perhaps even in general. First, does a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Travel Giant Sabre Reaches Deal with State Attorneys General Over Data Breach

The travel giant Sabre Corp. has reached an agreement with multiple State Attorneys General to pay $2.4 million and make certain changes in its cybersecurity policies to settle a multi-state investigation into a 2017 data...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #220 – Identity Theft Still in Top Three Frauds Reported to FTC

Three million fraud cases were reported to the FTC in 2018, and 444,602 of them involved identity theft. These reported cases (just think of how high the statistic would be if all cases were reported) amounts to the third...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Fort Worth Water Customers’ Credit Card Information Compromised

Approximately 3,000 customers of the Fort Worth Water Department were notified recently that their credit card information may have been compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by its vendor, Click2Gov....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FIN8 Back in Business Stealing Credit Card Information with Badhatch

Security research firm Gigamon has reported that the nasty cybercriminal group FIN8 may have reappeared in June after a two year silence. FIN8 is known for implementing malware on point of sale systems to steal credit card...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

French Data Authority CNIL Issues Guidance On Credit Card Data

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The French Data Protection Authority, CNIL, issues guidance on credit card data in remote transactions: Merchants who collect credit card detail to facilitate a transaction, need the consent of their customers to keep...more

BakerHostetler

The Weekly Privacy Rewind

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Class Actions - Plaintiffs Seek Approval for $4.3 Million Settlement With Sonic in Credit Card Data Breach Suit • Following a variety of lawsuits against fast food chain Sonic Drive-In related to a 2017 credit card data...more

BCLP

Credit Card Breaches

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For most retailers credit cards are the primary form in which payments are made. Accepting credit cards, however, carries significant data security risks and potential legal liability. ...more

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Selecting a Qualified Security Assessor (“QSA”)

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Retailers that accept credit cards are typically required by the payment card brands to show that they are in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards or “PCI DSS” at least once a year. How a...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Objections Fall Short as Appeals Court Affirms Target Settlement

Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s approval of a $17 million settlement between Target Corp. and consumers whose credit card data was compromised in the 2013 data breach....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Economic Loss Doctrine as a Barrier to Data Breach Recovery

We recently commented on one hotly contested legal issue being addressed by the courts in data breach class action litigation, that of plaintiffs’ standing. Another issue that has been the subject of recent court activity in...more

Kilpatrick

Seventh Circuit: the economic loss doctrine precludes tort claims between participants in a contractual network that allocates...

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Takeaway: Data breaches are now a fact of life, whether for card-carrying consumers or commercial entities that are either victims of hacking or otherwise required to deal with the consequences. Class action litigation often...more

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New Security Standard for PINS Will Give Retailers Less Costly Processing Options

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A new standard published by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (“PCI SSC”) may make it easier and less costly for retailers to take advantage of lower cost PIN based transactions in card present scenarios....more

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Some Cyber Monday Shopping Tips

As you enjoy the holiday weekend, and even some Cyber Monday shopping, keep in mind these online shopping tips from the FTC: ..Know the seller and the item. Put the company or product name in a search engine, along with...more

Jones Day

Protecting Your Identity After a Data Breach

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In light of recent high-profile breaches of highly sensitive data, this is a good time to remind individuals of how to protect their identity and credit information....more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Retailers: Review Those Checkout Practices – Again

If you are a retailer with locations in New Jersey, you will need to review your procedures in anticipation of a new law effective October 1, 2017....more

BCLP

Credit Cards and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

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For most retailers the primary source of revenue comes from credit card transactions. In order to accept credit cards, a retailer must enter into a contractual agreement with a payment processor and a merchant bank....more

Jones Day

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 13

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On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Eighth Circuit Undoes Target Data Breach Settlement Class

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The $10 million settlement class in the Target data breach case was unraveled by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in a recent decision that will force the district court to address the impact of the Supreme Court’s...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Eighth Circuit Remands Proposed Settlement in Target Data Breach Class Action

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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has remanded a $10 million settlement in the Target data breach class action on the grounds that the district court had not rigorously analyzed the propriety of the class certification. ...more

Snell & Wilmer

Data Privacy Day? Yep, it’s a Thing.

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For a number of years now, January 28 has been marked as “Data Privacy Day” (or, for our European friends, “Data Protection Day”), and it is often overlooked observed in the United States, Canada, India and many European...more

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Reduce Potential Liability for Data Security Breaches by Negotiating Coverage in Payment Processing Agreements

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Credit cards are the primary form of payment received by most retailers. In order to process a credit card, a retailer must enter into an agreement with a bank and a payment processor. Payment processing agreements often have...more

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