Litigation and legal developments concerning data breaches.
MedTech Dive reports that DaVita, one of the largest dialysis providers in the U.S., has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit arising from a data breach that affected approximately 2.7 million people last year. Once the preliminary settlement is approved, DaVita will pay out claims associated with the breach, according to […]
The Next Web reports that a breach involving Thomson-Reuter’s C-track case management system has affected courts in at least 12 states and Ontario, Canada: Thomson Reuters says an unauthorised party got into files belonging to C-Track, the case management platform its court software business sells to judiciaries. The records involved come from appellate courts in […]
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and 15 other state attorneys general launched an investigation into OpenAI over potential violations of consumer protection and data-privacy laws following a data breach by one of the company’s experimental models this summer. In July, OpenAI released an experimental artificial intelligence model without proper safeguards that hacked into several computer […]
A reminder that the details of states’ data breach notification laws really do matter. A notification that may be satisfactory in most states may be noncompliant in another state and really cost the firm. From attorneys at BakerHostetler: One ruling is not a trend. And there can be unique factors at play in regulatory investigations […]
The Daily Hodl reports: A proposed class action settlement is offering cash payments and monitoring services to millions affected by a data breach at a health care company. The agreement stems from the Crowe v. Managed Care of North America (MCNA) class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of […]
There has been another ruling that makes it harder for plaintiffs in data breach litigation to prove standing. As seen on JDSupra: Helpful guidance for businesses, and for Massachusetts state courts. In 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court held in TransUnion, LLC v. Ramirez that in a suit for damages, “the mere risk of future harm, without more, cannot […]
Fox54 in Alabama reports: A second proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed over the data breach that compromised patient information at Huntsville Hospital Health System, this time in federal court and against both the hospital system and its electronic records vendor. Crystal Mullins filed the complaint Aug. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of […]
Source: California DFPI, August 13, 2026
The Record reports: The Trump administration will allow private companies to launch attacks on cybercrime organizations, according to a presidential memorandum released late on Wednesday. The firms will partner with the Justice and Homeland Security departments on offensive operations and surveillance targeting “transnational cybercrime, fraud, and other predatory schemes against American citizens.” “By partnering with vetted United […]
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