Data Breach Class Actions

The Economic Loss Doctrine as a Barrier to Data Breach RecoveryWe recently commented on one hotly contested legal issue being addressed by the courts in data breach class action litigation, that of plaintiffs’ standing. Another issue that has been the subject of recent court activity in class cases is that of the economic loss doctrine: Can a data breach plaintiff in a contractual relationship with

Two More Circuits Find Data Breach Standing without Proof that Plaintiffs’ Data Was MisusedData breaches have become commonplace. Despite the best efforts of many, identity thieves and hackers always seem to find a new vulnerability somewhere in the system of virtually every company that conducts business online. And, as the recent Facebook debacle reveals, sometimes data is even shared with legitimate third parties in ways customers neither realized