In today’s world, as technology costs decrease and personal information becomes more valuable on the black market, data breaches have seemingly joined the ranks of death and taxes as certainties. Add to that litigation: companies suffering data breaches face exposure to lawsuits by consumers, employees, and even financial institutions. One particular concern for companies is the possibility of …
Google tentatively agreed to undergo a significant change to the way it gathers user information from emails thanks to a proposed settlement to a privacy lawsuit filed against the search company in a northern California district court, according to a report from the Verge . The change will require Google to hold off on collecting any advertising data before an email is made available in a …
Though a district judge used a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued last spring to dismiss a Lyft driver’s proposed class action over alleged Fair Credit Reporting Act violations, that high court ruling hasn’t killed all such putative actions, a Tampa, Florida-based attorney says. “I think this was another instance of tension between the Supreme Court, a …
What does the Settlement provide? The Settlement provides that Trxade Group, Inc. and Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC will pay $200,000 into a Settlement Fund that will include money for Settlement Class Members who submit timely and valid claims, after deducting payment of the costs of administering the Settlement, including the costs of this Notice and attorneys’ fees, costs, and any …
A Barrie man is one of the lead plaintiffs in a proposed $60 million class-action lawsuit against Casino Rama following a massive cyberhack. The lawsuit filed in Toronto Superior Court by Charney Lawyers and Sutts, Strosberg, names multiple defendants including Casino Rama, it’s American operator Penn National Gaming Inc, Chippewas of Rama First Nation and the OLG. According to the statement of …
The Casino Rama Resort in Ontario, Canada announced Thursday that the facility had suffered a data breach that could have compromised information going back as far as 2004. One day later a class action lawyer began preparations for a $50 million lawsuit against the property. Toronto Lawyer Ted Charney proposed the suit on Friday and according to several media reports the “statement of claim” …
Class-action lawyers wasted little time Friday in jumping on word of a cyberattack on an Ontario casino in which sensitive information was stolen. The lawyers announced plans for a proposed lawsuit that would seek $50 million in damages from Casino Rama north of Toronto, and began asking possible victims to sign on. “The class action will be commenced on behalf of employees, customers and …
PITTSBURGH – The chief executive officer of Lisnr Inc. – one of three parties along with the Indianapolis Colts and Yinzcam named as defendants in a class action lawsuit claiming that a mobile app can listen in on the user’s conversations without consent – said the lawsuit contains a lot of false information. “This is just really a bad lawsuit,” Lisnr CEO Rodney Williams told the Pennsylvania …
In September, Yahoo announced that at least 500 million user account credentials had been stolen from it in late 2014. Yahoo offered more details on the security breach’s effect on its business in an SEC filing on Wednesday. Although the company says it only spent $1 million related to the breach last quarter, it admitted that the breach may “cause users and customers to curtail or stop using our products and services.” CEO Marissa Mayer said last month that she was …
Plaintiffs suing Anthem Inc. in the wake of a cyberattack that exposed information on nearly 80 million individuals in 2015 want a court to open the door to revealing more of the results of audits of the insurer …