Litigation and legal developments concerning data breaches.
As seen at Corporate Compliance Insights: Organizations handling New Yorkers’ data now face one of the country’s shortest breach notification deadlines. Morrison Foerster attorneys Melissa Crespo and Reiley Porter break down the state’s recent amendments that impose a 30-day notification requirement and expand protected information categories to include medical and health insurance data. Recent amendments […]
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Steven Osbey, of Kernersville, N.C., has agreed to entry of a consent judgment against him in the amount of $4,711,159.00 in favor of the United States and State of North Carolina (the Governments), subject to a separate agreement regarding […]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced the court win:
Bloomberg Law reports: As another cybersecurity compliance deadline hits in New York, the impact may be most deeply felt by smaller companies—as well as vendors and other businesses outside the financial sector that technically aren’t within scope of the regulation. The New York Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) latest Cybersecurity Regulation amendments go into effect […]
A press release from the Department of Justice
Seen on The National Law Review: On April 11, North Dakota enacted HB 1127, overhauling its regulatory framework for financial institutions and nonbank financial service providers. The law amends multiple chapters of the North Dakota Century Code and creates a new data security mandate for financial corporations—a category that includes non-depository entities regulated by the Department of Financial Institutions […]
Broker found at fault over Lloyd’s, Hiscox, QBE policy mess up Insurance Business Magazine reports: Read more at Insurance Business Magazine.
Two operators of a New Jersey marketing company were sentenced to prison for their roles in conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to pay and receive illegal kickbacks Two operators of a New Jersey marketing company were sentenced to prison for their roles in conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to pay and […]
From Jackson Lewis: In late March 2025, the Florida Bar Board of Governors unanimously endorsed the recommendation of its Special Committee on Cybersecurity and Privacy Law that law firms should adopt written incident response plans (IRPs) to better prepare for and respond to data security incidents. The recommendation reflects a growing recognition across professional service industries—particularly law […]
Top Class Actions reports: Navvis and SSM Health have agreed to a $6.5 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims that they failed to prevent a 2023 data breach that compromised sensitive patient information. The SSM Health settlement benefits anyone whose private information was compromised in the Navvis and SSM Health data breach between […]
