Over the past few years, there has been a surge in class actions challenging companies’ privacy and data security practices. But, while the number of class actions continues to grow, the suits face several significant...more
8/16/2018
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Standing
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has become the latest appellate court to enter the contested debate over Article III standing in data breach litigation. The Eighth Circuit held that 15 of 16 named plaintiffs...more
9/8/2017
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Standing
The six-year fight over the type of harm a plaintiff must allege to satisfy the “injury in fact” requirement for lawsuits alleging false reporting of credit information took its latest turn this week. On Tuesday, August 15,...more