Patients of Community Health Systems filed a Complaint initiating a class action in the Northern District of Alabama against the hospital system on August 20, 2014. The class action arises out of the breach of an estimated 4.5 million patients’ protected data…. Continue Reading →
Most people are now aware of larger corporations in the crosshairs for cyber attacks. This week, Home Depot joined Target, P.F. Chang’s and Sally Beauty when it suffered a massive data breach compromising customer’s credit card information. Even more troubling is the fact that… Continue Reading →
In late June, the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey certified two major data security issues for interlocutory appeal to the Third Circuit. FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., No. 2:13-cv-01887 (D.N.J. June 23, 2014). The Third Circuit… Continue Reading →
We are still in the early stages of insurance coverage for cyberliability and data breaches. While there may be no question that cyberliability does not trigger CGL insurance as “bodily injury” or “property damage,” a court may face questions of… Continue Reading →
In finding plaintiffs lacked standing to bring an action for a data breach, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held the “increased likelihood” of personal information being used was insufficient to establish a viable cause of action. In… Continue Reading →
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