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Chris Correa Isn’t Billy Beane and This Isn’t Moneyball
Tagged with: cyber crime, cybersecurity, data security, hacking, sports, trade secrets
Posted in Cyber crimes, Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, Privacy, Standards
Posted in Cyber crimes, Cyberattack, Data Breach, Data Security, Privacy, Standards
FTC Loses in LabMD Data Security Case: ALJ Sets High Bar for Consumer Harm
On November 13, 2015, an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) ruled against the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in its high-profile data security case against LabMD. The ALJ ruled that the FTC had failed to show that LabMD’s conduct had caused harm…
Tagged with: breach, cyber security, data breach, ePHI, file sharing, FTC, HHS, OCR, peer-to-peer, risk assessment, safeguards, security practices, unfair act or practice
Posted in Data Breach, Data Security, FTC, HIPAA, Litigation
Posted in Data Breach, Data Security, FTC, HIPAA, Litigation
The Elephant in the Room – Catastrophic Property Damage from a Cyber Attack
Much of what we discuss in this blog relates to the loss of information and the legal and regulatory framework that exists to address individual privacy concerns following a data breach. However, as our colleague Dick Bennett points out in…
Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds Standing in Data Breach Class Action
The debate over standing in data breach litigation is gaining more attention lately. While many courts have hesitated to find standing prior to lost personally identifiable information (PII) actually being misused, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently…
Posted in Data Breach, Litigation
Insider Trading Hack was Cinematic in Scope
The U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments in Brooklyn and New Jersey last month of 32 people for fraudulently obtaining inside information and then using that knowledge to make millions in the market, in the “largest scheme of its kind…
U.S. Appeals Court Upholds the FTC’s Authority to Police Cybersecurity Practices
In a highly anticipated and precedential opinion issued earlier this week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the FTC’s authority to regulate corporate cybersecurity. The decision in Federal Trade Commission v Wyndham Worldwide Corp et al., addressed whether the FTC has…
Ashley Madison Reveals Even More: Hacking May Be An Inside Job
In recent years, hacking has infiltrated the retail industry. Hacking has infiltrated the healthcare industry. Hacking has infiltrated the sports industry. And now, hacking has now infiltrated the most personal (some would say immoral) activities we engage in on the Internet. Last week,…
Pennsylvania Court Dismisses Data Breach Claims
In 2014, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s computer system was hacked, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive personal information of current and former employees, including names, addresses, birthdates, social security numbers and banking account numbers. Allegedly, the stolen information…
Connecticut Affirms Personal Injury Coverage for Data Breach Requires Actual Publication
As expected, the Connecticut Supreme Court has affirmed decisions by both the trial court and intermediate appellate court that personal injury liability coverage for a business’s data loss or theft requires publication as a matter of law. We reported on…
SCOTUS to Consider Whether FCRA Violation Confers Article III Standing on Individual
On April 27, 2015 the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari on a petition filed by Spokeo, Inc., asking the court to review the Ninth Circuit opinion in Robins v. Spokeo, Inc., 742 F.3d 409 (9th Cir. 2014).…
