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Class Action Settlement Based on Voucher Payout Wins Preliminary Approval by California District Court

By Judy Selby on Posted in Privacy Class Actions
Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. On November 5, 2013, a California federal district court preliminarily approved a revised coupon-based class action settlement agreement between plaintiffs and OfficeMax (see Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Revised Class Action Settlement Agreemeent). As reported here in September, the court … Continue Reading

OfficeMax Class Action Zip Code Plaintiffs Again Seek Approval for Settlement and Attorney Fee Payment

By Judy Selby on Posted in Privacy Class Actions
Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. Lawyers representing a purported class of customers who accused retailer OfficeMax North America Inc. (OfficeMax) of illegally recording their zip codes tried again this week to gain court approval of a settlement deal agreed to with OfficeMax. Dardarian v. OfficeMax Inc., case … Continue Reading

Massachusetts Attorney General Settles Enforcement Action for $750,000

Photo of Theodore J. Kobus IIIBy Theodore J. Kobus III on Posted in Data Breaches, Enforcement, State Legislation
In June, 2010, South Shore Hospital announced on its website that unencrypted back-up tapes containing patient information went missing and were believed to have been discarded at a dump.  Reports state that this incident involved 473 tapes which contained information about 800,000 patients, including names, social security numbers, account numbers, and medical diagnoses. On May … Continue Reading

RockYou Proposed Settlement Would Leave Decision Standing

Photo of Craig A. HoffmanBy Craig A. Hoffman on Posted in Data Breaches, Privacy Litigation
The parties in the Claridge v. RockYou case submitted a proposed settlement agreement to the court for approval on November 14, 2011.  This case, which was filed shortly after RockYou disclosed a breach that compromised 32 million log-in credentials, received national attention in the spring.  In April 2011, the California federal district court declined to … Continue Reading
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