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The Future of Standing in Data Breach Class Actions

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In today’s world, as technology costs decrease and personal information becomes more valuable on the black market, data breaches have seemingly joined the ranks of death and taxes as certainties. Add to that litigation:...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Data Breach Standing Goes Nationwide; Sixth Circuit Says Plaintiffs Have Standing to Sue

The Sixth Circuit joined the growing trend of appellate courts holding that plaintiffs had demonstrated standing for data breach class actions in Galaria et al. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. In a recent order, the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Galaria v. Nationwide: Data Breach Plaintiffs Standing Strong in the Sixth

This week, in the first post-Spokeo circuit court decision to address standing in a data-breach class action, the Sixth Circuit joined the Seventh Circuit in holding that plaintiffs whose sensitive personal information has...more

Snell & Wilmer

Top Privacy Cases of 2016: Midyear Report

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Law360, New York (July 1, 2016, 12:12 PM ET) -- The U.S. Supreme Court made a big splash this year establishing a murky threshold for standing that has already been widely cited by both sides of the bar, while consumers...more

Williams Mullen

Will Spokeo Impact Standing In Data Breach Cases?

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Despite months of anticipation, the majority opinion in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins reads more like a teacher (the Supreme Court) telling a student (the Ninth Circuit) to go back and show the work behind a long division answer...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Seventh Circuit Sets Relatively Low Threshold to Establish Standing in Data Breach Class Actions

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With the proliferation of storage of personal data and the increase in hacking efforts and phishing scams, Wisconsin courts are likely to see more data breach class actions on the horizon. Wisconsin businesses handling...more

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Employers Face Exposure for Cyberbreaches

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A newly filed lawsuit in California and a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit serve as reminders to employers that the protection of sensitive employee information from cyberthreats remains...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

7th Circuit Revives P.F. Chang’s Data Breach Class Action Suit

Last week, the Seventh Circuit revived a data breach class action against P.F. Chang’s restaurant in an important opinion that continues a plaintiff-friendly trend that began with the court’s opinion in the Neiman Marcus case...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Seventh Circuit (Again) Finds Consumers Have Standing To Sue Over Data Breaches

On April 14, 2016, the Seventh Circuit held in Lewart v. P.F. Chang’s that customers who may have had personal information compromised in a P.F. Chang’s data breach have standing, at the motion-to-dismiss stage, to sue the...more

BakerHostetler

The Seventh Circuit Revisits Standing for Data Breach Class Actions

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One obstacle for named plaintiffs in proposed data breach class actions is the extent to which plaintiffs must allege an injury-in-fact to have standing. Disputes often arise about whether proactive efforts to mitigate...more

King & Spalding

Frontiers Of Data Breach Litigation: Standing Issues Presented To Seventh Circuit In Lewart v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.

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In a brief made public on March 10, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to affirm a lower court’s decision to toss out two consolidated complaints filed against the company...more

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Standing in Data Breach Cases – Still a Moving Target

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Where do we stand on standing in data breach cases? It depends on which court you ask. In December 2014, two courts considered whether plaintiffs alleged sufficient injury in their complaints involving well-known data...more

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Illinois Federal Court Dismisses Customer Data Breach Class Actions Against P.F. Chang’s

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On December 10, 2014, a United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois dismissed the class action complaints filed by two customers of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro who alleged damages resulting from a data...more

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