Tag Archives: class action litigation

Hannaford vs. comScore – Up and Down Results for Privacy Class Action Defendants

By Judy Selby on April 8, 2013 Posted in Privacy Class Actions

Editor’s note: This is a cross-blog post with BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. For the latest class action defense updates, visit www.ClassActionLawsuitDefense.com. Sighs of relief by class actions defendants following the denial of class certification in Hannaford may give way to renewed uncertainty now that a massive class, estimated by the plaintiffs’ lawyer to be more than a … Continue Reading

Data Breach Class Action against Popular Video Game Developer Dismissed for Failure to Plead Adequate Damages

By Gerald J. Ferguson on November 16, 2012 Posted in Data Breaches

Authored by: Alan Pate In a ruling this past Wednesday, November 14th, a Federal Judge in the Western District of Washington dismissed a class action against video game developer Valve Corporation. The class action stemmed from a November 6th, 2011 data breach of Valve’s popular online video game distribution platform, “Steam.” As a result of … Continue Reading

Will the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act Fuel the Next Wave of Class Actions Against Retailers?

By Craig A. Hoffman on November 29, 2011 Posted in Federal Legislation, Privacy Litigation

Within a month of a California Supreme Court decision in Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc. (finding ZIP codes constitute personal identification information under California’s Song-Beverly Act), over 100 putative class action law suits were filed against retailers operating in California. A November 22 lawsuit against Best Buy (Siegler v. Best Buy Co. of Minnesota, Inc.) … Continue Reading

Actual Harm is Required even when a Privacy Law Allows for Statutory Damages

By Theodore J. Kobus III on November 7, 2011 Posted in Privacy Litigation

A California federal district court judge found last week that plaintiffs must establish a cognizable injury even when minimum statutory damages are available under a California state statute. This could prove to be a significant win for the defense bar. As I discussed here, the recent First Circuit decision in Hannaford could signal a changing … Continue Reading