Data Security, Fraudulent Charges, Hackers

Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Former Employee's Data Breach Claims

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/13/2018

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has found that plaintiffs must show a causal connection between the theft of their personal information and the purported harm that they have suffered in order to survive a...more

FTC Can Regulate Cybersecurity Practices, Third Circuit Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/1/2015

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can regulate cybersecurity policies and procedures as “unfair” acts or practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a very important...more

3rd Circuit Says: FTC Can Take Action Against Companies That Suffer Data Security Breaches

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 8/28/2015

Companies can be fined by the federal government for failing to properly safeguard consumer data, according to a decision this week by Pennsylvania's federal appellate court....more

Third Circuit Affirms FTC Authority to Police Whether Companies Have Reasonable Data Security

Perkins Coie on 8/27/2015

Since at least 2005, the Federal Trade Commission has asserted that it may regulate lax data security practices as an “unfair” business practice under Section 5 of the FTC Act. The Wyndham hotel chain was the first to...more

Third Circuit to Wyndham (Part I): It's "Fair" that FTC Did Not Articulate Specific Cybersecurity Standards in Enforcement Action...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/27/2015

On Monday, the Third Circuit issued a highly anticipated opinion affirming the Federal Trade Commission's authority to regulate "unfair" cybersecurity practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. In allowing the data breach...more

UPDATE: Third Circuit Affirms FTC’s Data Security Authority in Wyndham

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/27/2015

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit released its much-anticipated ruling in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. on August 24, 2015, unanimously upholding the FTC’s authority to regulate companies’...more

Seventh Circuit Petitioned for Rehearing En Banc to Determine Whether Data Breach Class Claims Survive Clapper, Satisfy Article...

Carlton Fields on 8/17/2015

In January 2014, luxury retailer Neiman Marcus disclosed that it had suffered a cyberattack in which hackers may have gained access to 350,000 credit and debit cards used at its stores in late 2013. Plaintiffs, all of whom...more

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