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Holland & Knight LLP

Court in SolarWinds Case Blows Down SEC's Cyber Enforcement Authority

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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on July 18, 2024, dismissed most of the SEC's landmark cyber enforcement litigation against SolarWinds Corp. (SolarWinds or the Company) and the Company's Chief...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Key Takeaways from the Motion to Dismiss Ruling in SEC v. SolarWinds et al.

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The SEC’s high-profile litigation against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Timothy G. Brown, reached a critical turning point on July 18, 2024, when a district court in the Southern District of...more

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Client Alert: Takeaways from SEC v. SolarWinds Motion to Dismiss Hearing

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The SEC’s high-profile litigation against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Timothy Brown, reached a critical juncture on May 15, 2024, when the parties presented oral arguments before Judge Paul...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Revisiting…Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data?

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As a follow-up to our previous article and webinar, “Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data?”, we are addressing the recent 9th Circuit decision in Jones v. Ford Motor Co. At issue in this matter...more

Troutman Pepper

More Privacy, Please - September/October 2023

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Editor’s Note: The FTC continues to crack down on privacy and cybersecurity, including issuing a new warning to tax preparation companies and entering into a consent decree with 1Health.io. VPPA and BIPA litigation continues...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: July 2023

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Keypoint: In July 2023, plaintiffs have been busy opposing motions to dismiss in chat wiretapping, session replay, and VPPA cases while testing claims against a new technology....more

King & Spalding

Southern District of New York Denies Lender’s Motion to Dismiss in $272 Million Ray-Ban Cybertheft Lawsuit

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On January 4, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted in part and denied in part JPMorgan’s motion to dismiss claims by Essilor International SAS and Essilor Manufacturing (Thailand) Co.,...more

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Current Turmoil and Future Risks in Resolving Data Breach Class Actions

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Data incident lawsuits, especially class actions, have the potential to create significant business disruption, loss of marketplace credibility, civil liability or regulatory exposure. Consequently, companies that experience...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Protecting Your Employee Benefits Plan from Cybersecurity Threats | What Does the US Department of Labor’s Guidance Mean...

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McDermott Will & Emery invites you to a webinar for an in-depth discussion on the US Department of Labor’s initial cybersecurity guidance for retirement plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and what...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Court Dismisses CCPA Claim Against Marriot International, Inc. For Lack of Standing

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On January 12, 2021, the federal District Court for the Central District of California dismissed a data breach law suit—including a claim filed under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)—against Marriott...more

Carlton Fields

Missouri Federal Court Finds New York Choice-of-Law Provision Does Not Inhibit Insured’s Assertion of Missouri-Specific Public...

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In Maritz Holdings Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, a federal court in Missouri denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss the insured’s assertion of a vexatious refusal to pay claim based on an obscure...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Central District of California Rejects Class Claims, Finding That Disclosure of All Data Is Not Required Under FCRA Section...

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On November 18, 2020, the United States District Court for the Central District of California (the “Central District”) dismissed the First Amended Complaint of putative class representatives asserting a FCRA claim against...more

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U.S. District Court For The District Of Columbia Finds That Alleged Cybersecurity Vulnerability Is Not Material Under False Claims...

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In a decision sure to bring some comfort to contractors providing information technology equipment and services to the federal government, a U.S. district court judge recently granted a motion to dismiss a False Claims Act...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Jeep Drivers’ Claims Come to a Screeching Halt: Hypothetical Hacking Threat Does Not Confer Article III Standing

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On March 27, 2020, a five-year legal battle between three certified classes of Jeep Cherokee drivers and Fiat Chrysler came to a sudden end, when a federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois held that allegations that...more

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Privacy and Data Security Alert l January 2020

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States Consider Privacy and Data Security Legislation - It’s that time of year again, when we see a flood of legislative activity at the state level on privacy and data security laws. A couple of recent examples are below....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.9.2020 | Top Story: “Highlights” from Carlos Ghosn’s Accusatory Press Conference

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A recap of Carlos Ghosn’s big media moment on Wednesday, which was short on the escape details everyone wanted to hear and long on accusations against other execs at Nissan and Japan’s justice system....more

Kilpatrick

Data breach class actions – Eighth Circuit affirms merits dismissal in the SuperValu data breach litigation

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Takeaway: In the wake of Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016), defendants in data breach class actions regularly move to dismiss on standing grounds, arguing the complaint’s allegations do not plausibly allege an...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

FCRA Claims Dismissed in Massive Equifax Data Breach Case

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Yesterday, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted a motion to dismiss FCRA claims in a case involving one of the largest data breaches in history....more

Kilpatrick

Is standing overrated? Data breach defendants who lose standing battles end up winning dismissal

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Takeaway: In the wake of Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016), defendants in data breach class actions regularly move to dismiss on standing grounds, arguing the complaint’s allegations do not plausibly allege an...more

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Equifax’s Proposed Protective Order for Production of Confidential Data Trimmed in Favor of Mass AG

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In the litigation between Equifax and Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, Judge Sanders rejected certain provisions of Equifax’s proposed protective order for the production of sensitive discovery materials,...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Preliminary approval of class action settlement for Experian data breach exceeds $47M

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Remember Experian’s massive data breach of 15 million customers in 2015? The resulting consolidated class action is nearly resolved. On December 3, 2018, a California federal judge granted preliminary approval to a proposed...more

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Plaintiffs Seek Class Certification in Yahoo Data Breach Class Actions

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We previously noted that in late 2016, Yahoo disclosed that it had experienced multiple data breaches relating to what turned out to be roughly three billion of its accounts. ...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - August 2018 #5

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Gas Drilling Not Damaging Forests' Waterways, State Finds - "Pennsylvania's state forests agency says it isn't finding damage to waterways amid the expansion of natural gas drilling in recent years, although it is reporting...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - June 2018 #3

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Judge Boots the Global Warming Cases of San Francisco and Oakland Against Oil Companies - "In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted the motions to dismiss from the five targeted companies - Chevron,...more

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You Might Be an Inside Trader If…You Trade on Your Unconfirmed Suspicions of a Cybersecurity Event Prior to Its Public Revelation...

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Earlier this year, the SEC released cybersecurity guidance addressing, among other things, the risk of insider trading in the event of a data breach. This risk comes in multiple forms, including the intruders trading on...more

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