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Back from the Brink: District Court Clears Air Regarding Individualized Damages Assessment in Data Breach Cases

July 3, 2025 By Gavin Reinke, Ashley Miller and Amanda Wellen

On June 27, 2025, the District Court for the Middle District of Florida, on remand from the Eleventh Circuit, reversed course when it denied class certification to a group of plaintiffs who were purportedly impacted by a spring 2018 cyberattack on Brinker International, Inc., the parent company of the popular chain restaurant, Chili’s. The recent […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Privacy Tagged With: Class Action, Cybersecurity, Litigation, Privacy

Suite Victory: Marriott Finally Checks Out of Court

June 9, 2025 By Donald Houser, Gavin Reinke and Nicole Weeks

On June 3, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a pivotal ruling in longstanding litigation against Marriott International, Inc., arising out of a 2018 data breach involving its Starwood Preferred Guest Program.  In reversing the lower court’s grant of class certification, the Fourth Circuit determined that the customers’ contractual agreements […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: Class Action, Cybersecurity, Litigation

Ninth Circuit Addresses Personal Jurisdiction Based on E-Commerce Data Collection in En Banc Decision

April 24, 2025 By Rachel Lowe, Erin Edwards, Leila Knox and Jared Allen

A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., No. 22-15815, could impact the scope of personal jurisdiction over e-commerce and other entities that utilize cookies to collect personal information from visitors to the entities’ websites, particularly in California.  Although the impact of the case remains to be seen, […]

Filed Under: California, ePrivacy, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Class Action, Litigation, Privacy

Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies There Is No Duty to Safeguard Personal Information from a Data Breach

May 21, 2019 By Gavin Reinke

The Georgia Supreme Court recently issued a decision holding that there is no duty to safeguard personal information from a data breach under Georgia law.  Georgia Department of Labor v. McConnell involved the accidental disclosure of a spreadsheet that contained the name, social security number, home telephone number, email address, and age of thousands of […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: Class Action, Cybersecurity, Identity Theft, Litigation, US State Law

Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Schnuck Markets Data Breach Lawsuit

April 24, 2018 By Ashley Miller

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action brought by financial institutions against Schnuck Markets, Inc., following a data breach impacting Schnuck beginning late 2012. The plaintiffs attempted to assert claims of negligence, negligence per se, various contract claims, and violation of Illinois consumer […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: Class Action, Litigation, US State Law

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