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A New Twist in the Ransomware Debate: Is it Negligent to Fail to Pay Ransom?

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Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is a healthcare network based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and serves eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania. On Feb. 6th of this year, LVHN was hit with a combination ransomware and...more

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Ontario Divisional Court Overturns Certification of Intrusion Upon Seclusion Claim in Data Breach Class Action

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In Stewart v. Demme, the Ontario Divisional Court (the “Court”) overturned the certification of an intrusion upon seclusion claim in a data breach class action against a hospital, where a nurse used patient health records to...more

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Purchasing Cyber Insurance? Important Considerations from the Recent Nossaman/ UCI Cyber Symposium

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On October 12, 2015, Nossaman and UC Irvine hosted a Cyber Symposium at the City Club in Los Angeles. The event included four panels of Nossaman lawyers, UCI professors, and private professionals who are experts in the areas...more

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Evolving Litigation of Data Breach Claims

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An Illinois circuit court judge has dismissed five of six claims in a consolidated class action against Advocate Health and Hospital Corporation arising from a data breach in July 2013. The judge’s dismissal with prejudice...more

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Advocate Health class action lawsuit trimmed

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Last week, an Illinois judge dismissed with prejudice five of the six claims levied against Advocate Health Care in a consolidated case of ten cases filed against it following the data breach it experienced in July of 2013...more

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Seventh Circuit rules hospital system is not a Consumer Reporting Agency under FCRA

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Is a hospital a “consumer reporting agency”? Can a health care provider be liable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in the event of a data breach? The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently considered these...more

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Class action filed against UCLA following data breach

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We previously reported that UCLA suffered a data breach affecting 4.5 million patients. Days following the announcement of the breach, plaintiffs filed a proposed class action lawsuit against UCLA, alleging that UCLA should...more

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