LinkedIn Hit With Class Action Suit following Data Breach—Shook Hardy's Al Saikali

It took less than ten days for LinkedIn to get hit with a class action suit following a data breach in which Russian hackers allegedly stole 6.5 million passwords. As is often—or always—the case with situations like this, what remains to be seen is whether or not the plaintiffs in this case can show actual cognizable harm. To explain how that plays in, the background of this case and why it's too early to really know which way this is headed, we bring in Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partner Al Saikali, author of the Data Security Law See more +

It took less than ten days for LinkedIn to get hit with a class action suit following a data breach in which Russian hackers allegedly stole 6.5 million passwords. As is often—or always—the case with situations like this, what remains to be seen is whether or not the plaintiffs in this case can show actual cognizable harm. To explain how that plays in, the background of this case and why it's too early to really know which way this is headed, we bring in Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partner Al Saikali, author of the Data Security Law Journal. See less -