A court opinion out of Tokyo may make it harder for plaintiffs in breach lawsuits in Japan to demonstrate harm or injury worthy of compensation. The breach and lawsuit against Benesse Corporation have been reported previously on this site in 2014 and 2015. Takuya Kitazawa reports: The Tokyo District Court rejected plaintiffs’ demands over a huge…
New Panama Papers Leak Includes Offshore Links To Lionel Messi, Cartier, Argentine Leader
Ryan Chittum and Will Fitzgibbon report: Two years after the Panama Papers rocked the offshore financial system, a fresh document leak from the law firm Mossack Fonseca reveals new offshore details about an array of global elites, including soccer superstar Lionel Messi, the Argentine president’s family and a former senior Kuwaiti official convicted of looting…
Virginia Amends Breach Notification Law Applicable to Income Tax Information
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On July 1, 2018, HB 183, which amends Virginia’s breach notification law, will come into effect (the “amended law”). The amended law will require income tax return preparers who prepare individual Virginia income tax returns to notify the state’s Department of Taxation (the “Department”) if they discover or are notified of…
Tesla sues employee alleged to have stolen gigabytes of data
Cyrus Farivar reports: On Wednesday, Tesla sued a former employee who worked in its Gigafactory in Nevada, accusing him of stealing trade secrets. The lawsuit appears to be what CEO Elon Musk was referring to recently when he said that production of the Model 3 had been sabotaged. […] According to the civil complaint that was filed…
PA: Washington Health System suspends about a dozen employees
Rick Shrum reports that no one has lost their job (yet), but a number of employees of Washington Health System in Pennsylvania have been suspended during an investigation of inappropriate access to patient records. The matter is believed to have been related to the untimely death of Kimberly Dollard, 57, of Amwell Township, on June 6….
Surgery technician accused of stealing personal information from BAMC
KSAT reports: A surgery technician is accused of taking personal information from a surgeon and other active-duty and retired military members at Brooke Army Medical Center. Abelardo Arellano, 32, was arrested after his wife found a notebook belonging to him with several people’s names, birthdays and Social Security numbers in it, authorities said. Read more…