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Federal Court Dismisses Colonial Pipeline Cybersecurity Litigation

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Dissent

Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs writes:

Recently a federal court dismissed cybersecurity litigation brought in the wake of the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline Ransomware attack.  Ramon Dickerson et al. v. Colonial Pipeline Co. et al., No. 1:21-CV-02098 (N.D. Ga. Jun. 17, 2022).  Based on the attenuated theories of liability Plaintiffs sought to advance in this litigation, this decision is a win for Colonial Pipeline as well as defendants in other future-filed privacy litigations concerning similar claims.

Read more at The National Law Review.


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