In a significant ruling addressing the scope of the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine in a data breach case, a Federal judge in Oregon ordered Premera Blue Cross, the Washington-based healthcare services...more
11/10/2017
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Discovery ,
Health Insurance ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Premera Blue Cross ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Work-Product Doctrine
This week, in the first post-Spokeo circuit court decision to address standing in a data-breach class action, the Sixth Circuit joined the Seventh Circuit in holding that plaintiffs whose sensitive personal information has...more
9/16/2016
/ Article III ,
Bailments ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Nationwide Insurance Co. ,
Negligence ,
Neiman Marcus ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PF Chang's ,
Popular ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing