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Oak Valley Hospital Reaches Settlement in Class Action over Data Breach

Oak Valley Hospital, located in Oakdale, California, reached a settlement in a class action related to a 2023 data breach. On July 18, 2023, Oak Valley detected suspicious activity on its IT systems. Pursuant to the forensic...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Lehigh Valley Health Network Settle Class Action Case for $65M

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) has agreed to settle a class action filed against it following a February 2023 ransomware attack that compromised personal information of patients, including medical and treatment...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Attorneys’ Fees Award in Data Breach Class Action Settlement Reversed by Eighth Circuit

These days it seems like nearly every data breach results in a multitude of class action filings. Some of these cases settle quickly with minimal litigation. In such a case, the Eighth Circuit recently reversed an attorneys’...more

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Plaintiffs Request Court Approval of $8.7M Settlement in ERISA Class Action Cyberattack Lawsuit

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Multi-employer plan participants involved in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) class action lawsuit against Horizon Actuarial Services LLC (Horizon), a national retirement services firm, have entered...more

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Convergent Outsourcing Settles Data Breach Class Action for $2.45 Million

Convergent Outsourcing Inc., a debt-collection agency, settled a data breach class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington for $2.45 million. The class action suit against Convergent alleged...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q4 - Not All Cases Survive and Advance

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Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, student-athletes win an NIL round, Canadians in California isn’t personal...more

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Right To Know - March 2024, Vol. 15

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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Is there CGL Coverage for Cyber Breach Claims?

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The coverage dispute in Home Depot, Inc., et al v. Steadfast Insurance Company, et al. arises out of a 2014 data breach of millions of Home Depot’s customers’ payment information. As a result of the breach, the financial...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2023 Q3 - Catching the Class Action Waive(r)

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the third quarter of 2023. In this edition, a mistake is just a mistake, “99.99%” isn’t 100% clear, and faxes aren’t always...more

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Looking at Data Breach and Class Action Exposure Through a Single Lens

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There has been a spike in data breach class actions this year. According to a study by Law.com Radar, the monthly average of data breach class actions was 44.5 from January through August. This figure is more than double of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District Court approves $11 million data breach settlement

On January 4, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted final approval of an $11 million class action settlement resolving allegations related to a February 2021 data breach that compromised more than...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District Court preliminarily approves data breach suit

On January 9, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement in a data breach suit that allegedly compromised approximately 191,000 individuals’ personally...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Learning From Data Breach Cases To Reduce Legal Risk

The average cost of a data breach is on the rise. According to the 2022 ForgeRock Consumer Identity Breach Report, the average cost in 2021 of recovering from a data breach in the U.S. is $9.5 million — an increase of 16%...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup 2022 Q3 – Directing Physical Loss and Damage

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the third quarter of 2022. In this edition, all dog stairs go to heaven, the Third Circuit resets Article III standing, and...more

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Wegmans Settles With NYAG for $400,000 Over Data Incident

The New York Attorney General recently announced a data security-related settlement with Wegmans Food Markets. The issue arose in April 2021 regarding a cloud-based incident. At that time a security researcher notified...more

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Privacy Report: Utah Will Soon Publish US’s Latest Comprehensive State Privacy Law

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US News - Utah Will Soon Publish US’s Latest Comprehensive State Privacy Law - The Utah Consumer Privacy Act, also known as Senate Bill 227, recently cleared the Senate and the House. Though there are a few more steps...more

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Capital One Reaches $190 Million Settlement In Connection with 2019 Data Breach

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The saga of the Capital One data breach, which impacted an estimated 106 million individuals in the U.S. and Canada, may soon be coming to an end. After more than two years of litigation, the parties have reached a settlement...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup – Fall 2021

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In the fall edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering notable class actions from the third quarter of 2021, a marriage nearly tears apart a certified class, insurers are vaccinated against more COVID-19 suits, and...more

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Privacy Update: FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the "Internet of Things"

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FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the “Internet of Things” - The FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup – Summer 2021

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Welcome to the summer edition of the Class Action & MDL Roundup, covering significant decisions and settlements from the second quarter of 2021. In this edition, plaintiffs are doing their own science (badly), SCOTUS...more

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Class Action Quarterly Update: Privacy and Data Protection

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Second Circuit Denies Settlement of Data Breach Case Due to Lack of Standing - As we previously reported, in April 2021, the Second Circuit became the latest federal circuit to hold that an individual may establish Article...more

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Federal Judge Concludes Entity Subject to CCPA Despite Assertion It Is Not a “Business”

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In Blackbaud Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 3:20-mn-02972 (D.S.C. Aug. 12, 2021), a federal judge found that defendant, Blackbaud Inc. was subject to the CCPA despite its motion to dismiss asserting that...more

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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Approval of Largest Data Breach Settlement in U.S. History

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On June 3, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s final approval of the settlement of more than 300 class action suits filed against Equifax following the company’s 2017 data breach. As the district court...more

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Eleventh Circuit Affirms $380.5M Class Action Settlement in Equifax Data Breach Litigation

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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 called “the largest and most...more

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Hanna Andersson and Salesforce Receive Preliminary Approval for Settlement of CCPA-Based Class Action Litigation

In 2019, Hanna Andersson, a children’s apparel store, suffered a data breach while using a Salesforce e-commerce platform. As a result of the breach, customers filed a class action lawsuit, alleging customer data was stolen...more

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