Tag Archives: Class actions

Entering the ’20s – A New Era for Data Breach Class Actions?

By Paul Karlsgodt, David Carney, Casie Collignon and Christopher Wiech on February 21, 2020 Posted in Data Breaches

As we move into a new decade, it has become clear that data breach litigation is here to stay. Last year brought us several incremental developments in the data breach litigation landscape but no paradigm shift in the way data breach class actions are brought or resolved. Federal courts in different circuits continue to disagree on … Continue Reading

The Weekly Privacy Rewind

By John Busch and Aaron Lancaster on June 5, 2018 Posted in Data Breaches, GDPR, Online Privacy, Privacy Class Actions, State Legislation

Canada Canadian Banks Notify 90,000 Following Breach • Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce announced that they were contacted by hackers and informed that nearly 90,000 customers’ personal information was accessed. • The banks will notify customers of the breach and indicate they believe they have fixed the vulnerabilities that led to … Continue Reading

A Deeper Dive: Data Security Incident? Don’t Panic

By Gerald J. Ferguson on August 17, 2015 Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Incident Response

It’s 6 p.m. on a Friday and you get a call from your IT department. They have detected that an intruder has gained access to your company’s network. At this point, the headlines from the major data breaches of recent years may be flashing before you. You may be assuming the worst: regulatory investigations … … Continue Reading

Massachusetts Follows California in Finding Retailers Vulnerable to Suit for Collecting Zip Codes in Credit Card Transactions

By Michael Young on March 15, 2013 Posted in Payment Card Industry, State Legislation

Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Supreme Court issued an opinion holding that zip codes “may well qualify” as personally identifiable information under the Massachusetts law controlling the treatment of PII in credit card transactions. The Massachusetts case echoes a 2011 ruling from the California Supreme Court which similarly held zip codes to be PII. Like the earlier California case, the … Continue Reading

Privacy Class Actions: Year-in-Review

By Erica Gann Kitaev on January 4, 2013 Posted in Privacy Class Actions, Privacy Litigation

During 2012, privacy class actions continued to trend toward two major categories: 1) actions that arose out of a data breach event and 2) actions brought to prosecute an alleged consumer privacy right. Article III Standing in Data Breach Class Actions A key issue in data breach class actions is the question of what types … Continue Reading

Recent Trends in Class Actions for Telephone and Fax Solicitation and Advertising

By Craig A. Hoffman on December 17, 2012 Posted in Privacy Class Actions

Authorship Credit: Justin T. Winquist Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission to BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. Class actions under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, continue to be an active trend in consumer and privacy class action litigation. The TCPA, which was historically called the “fax blast” statute, … Continue Reading