Christopher Brown reports: Court Ventures Inc. properly beat a suit alleging it failed to notify victims of a security breach that it became aware of only after its sale to Experian Data Corp., a California appellate court ruled. Former owners of computerized data containing personal information aren’t required to provide notice of a breach under the…
Category: Legislation
Attorneys on alert for cybersecurity threats: New York’s new CLE training requirement
John Bandler reports: July 1st was a cybersecurity milestone for every New York attorney who now needs to complete an hour of cybersecurity training before renewing their law license. New York Courts in their role supervising and licensing attorneys recognize the importance of cybersecurity, and the threat of cybercrime. Cybercrime menaces every person and organization…
1st Circuit confirms standing for data breach victims
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP write: On June 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overruled a district court’s dismissal of a putative class action against a home delivery pharmacy service for allegedly failing to prevent a 2021 data breach that exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of over 75,000 patients. The class…
SEC to Consider Cyber Rules Next Week
Micaela McMurrough, Ashden Fein, David H. Engvall, Caleb Skeath, Kerry Burke, and Shayan Karbassi of Covington and Burling write: According to a recently-released meeting agenda, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) upcoming July 26, 2023 meeting will include consideration of adopting rules to enhance disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, governance, and incidents by publicly traded companies….
Webinar – The New Breed of State Health Privacy Laws
There are so many webinars each week that I generally don’t sign up for many or even post links to them, but this one really caught my eye because there have been so many recent changes at the state level. The New Breed of State Health Privacy Laws Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 2 PM…
Eleventh Circuit Requests Refined Class Definition For Data Breach Class Action
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Alex W. Karasik, and George J. Schaller of Duane Morris write: In Steinmetz et al. v. Brinker International, Inc., No. 21-13146, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 17539 (11th Cir. July 11, 2023), the Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court’s order certifying a nationwide class and California-only class in a data breach case. In so…