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Equifax Data Breach-Related Securities Suit Dismissal Motion Denied in Part, Granted in Part

During 2017 and 2018, plaintiffs’ lawyers filed a number of securities class action lawsuits against companies that had experienced data breaches. Among the highest profile of these cases was the securities lawsuit filed in 2017 against the credit rating firm, … Continue reading

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Yahoo Data Breach-Related Derivative Suit Settled for $29 Million

In recent years, plaintiffs’ lawyers have filed a number of management liability lawsuits against the executives of companies that have experienced high-profile data breaches. These lawsuits have either been filed as shareholder derivative lawsuits or securities class action lawsuits. By … Continue reading

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Dismissal Motion Granted in PayPal Data Breach-Related Securities Suit

As I have noted in several recent posts, plaintiffs’ lawyers seem to have a renewed interest in trying to pursue securities class action lawsuits against companies that have experienced a data breach. Just to cite one recent example, as discussed … Continue reading

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Marriott Hit with Data Breach-Related Securities Lawsuit

When news of the recent massive data breach at Marriott began circulating late last week, a colleague emailed and asked me how long I thought it would take for a D&O lawsuit to be filed. I emailed back that I … Continue reading

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Wendy’s Settles Data Breach-Related Derivative Lawsuit

More recent data breach-related D&O lawsuits have been filed in the form of securities class actions, one of which, the Yahoo securities class action lawsuit, recently resulted in a sizable settlement. Before that though, during the period 2014 to 2016, … Continue reading

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