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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Show Me the Money: B.C. Court of Appeal Affirms Privacy Breach Damages Without Proof of Consequential Loss

On April 23, 2025, in Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari, the British Columbia Court of Appeal affirmed a class action judgment awarding aggregate damages of C$15,000 per class member without proof of...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Data Breach Class Action Settlement Approval Affirmed by Ninth Circuit with Attorneys’ Fee Award Reversed and Remanded

Some data breach class actions settle quickly, with one of two settlement structures: (1) a “claims made” structure, in which the total amount paid to class members who submit valid claims is not capped, and attorneys’ fees...more

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First Tranche of Australia's Much Anticipated Privacy Law Reforms Revealed

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The first wave of Australia's expansive privacy law reforms has been introduced into Federal Parliament in the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) ("Bill")....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Good news for businesses: NYS courts will dismiss data breach class actions for lack of concrete harm to plaintiff

Data breaches have become a serious issue for businesses, leading to numerous putative class action lawsuits alleging that the defendants failed to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information or...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Circuit Split on Whether Courts May Grant Class Certification by Averaging Different Class...

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On April 29, 2024, the Supreme Court issued an Order List indicating that certiorari had been denied in Brinker International, Inc. v. Steinmetz, Docket No. 23-648. The Eleventh Circuit Brinker Decision - Brinker was...more

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No Action for Theft of Personal Information Without Loss

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Theft of personal information does not by itself entitle the victim to damages in Canada; proof of loss or harm is required, the Alberta Court of Appeal held recently in Setoguchi v Uber BV. This, and other recent decisions,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Mint Gets Data Breach Claims Dismissed

California federal Judge William Alsup dismissed various claims against Mint Mobile LLC based on a data breach that exposed personal information of Mint customers. Plaintiff Daniel Fraser alleged that Mint, a mobile virtual...more

Butler Snow LLP

White House Guidance on Ransomware

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Ransomware has become the fastest growing type of cybercrime facing businesses today. In 2021, loss values were estimated to have reached at least 57 times those in 2015, exceeding $20 billion. Data and privacy issues are so...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

New York Expands Data Privacy Protections

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New York continued its active legislative session last week, this time by expanding its data breach notification law. The SHIELD Act (Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security), signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on July...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Data Security Alert | June 2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act: The Next Frontier - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities...more

Sunstein LLP

May 2019 IP Update: The California Consumer Privacy Act: More Relevant Than You Think

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which we discussed last year, goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Its record-keeping requirements become effective on July 1, 2019. If your small- or medium-size business is based...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Data Breaches Prove Costly for Major Businesses

In an age where data is widely available and almost everything is stored online, data breaches are becoming more common, and the outcomes of cases involving data breaches are unpredictable. Data involved in a breach can range...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Massachusetts Court: Patients Have Standing to Sue for Data Breach Based on Data Exposure Alone

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge held that a plaintiff has standing to sue for money damages based on the mere exposure of plaintiff’s private information in an alleged data breach. The court concluded that the plaintiff...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Breaking News: Target to Settle Data Breach Claims of Visa Card Issuers for $67 Million

Target has announced that it has entered into a settlement with Visa to resolve claims of issuers of Visa credit and debit cards arising from Target’s November 2013 data breach. The proposed settlement will pay issuers of...more

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