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Data breach class actions – Northern District of Georgia dismisses four substantive claims, but two survive

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Takeaway: Former FBI Director Robert Mueller once famously said, “There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that will be.” These days cyberattacks seem to happen all the time. And when a...more

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Circuit Split Deepens as Eleventh Circuit Rejects “Risk of Identity Theft” Theory of Standing in Data Breach Suit

On February 4, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a customer’s proposed class action lawsuit against a Florida-based fast-food chain, PDQ, over a data breach. The three-judge panel rejected the argument that...more

Knobbe Martens

Data Breach: No Injury-in-Fact, Case Dismissed

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It well known that there are, unfortunately, many data breaches that frequently put private citizens’ data privacy in jeopardy. States have passed a variety of statutes aimed at addressing this problem in an attempt to...more

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Interview with Stacey Slaughter, Partner at Robins Kaplan LLP

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As Robins Kaplan’s COVID-19 Class Action Litigation Task Force practice lead, Ms. Slaughter describes for us COVID-19’s effect on class action litigation and how her practice is navigating these changing and uncharted times....more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: June 2018

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Wage and Hour - Decision Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses, Resolves Circuit Split - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on May 21, 2018, holding that...more

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Lenovo Wins Second Motion to Dismiss in Adware Class Action

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A California district court recently dismissed—for the second time—consumer claims that technology giant Lenovo Inc. violated New York’s Deceptive Acts and Practices Statute by selling laptops with preinstalled...more

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Top 10 Litigation Risks and Trends for Retailers

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With the 2016 holiday shopping season in full swing, the risk of litigation heightens for retailers. We created our own version of a “holiday list” to identify the top-10 risk areas where retailers may be vulnerable to claims...more

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16 data breach class action lawsuits filed again 21st Century Oncology consolidated

We previously reported that 21st Century Oncology suffered a data breach in October 2015 involving an intrusion into its systems which compromised around 2 million patients’ records, including their names, Social Security...more

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