Sixth Circuit Rejects Certification of Negotiation Class as Unauthorized by Rule 23
On September 24, 2020, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit rejected a trial court’s novel attempt to use Rule 23 to create a class for negotiation purposes only. In re: Nat’l Prescription Opiate Litig., ___ F.3d ___, 2020 WL 5701916 (6th Cir. Sept. 24,… Read More
Still Standing: Data Breach Class Action Against P.F. Chang’s Revived on Appeal
This guest post was authored by our colleague Stephen A. Grossman, a partner and chair of Montgomery McCracken’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, and co-chair of its E-Discovery practice. He can be reached at sgrossman@mmwr.com or 856-488-7767. We have previously written here and here on… Read More
Allegheny County Judge Rules that Pennsylvania Does Not Recognize Negligence Claims in Data Breach Actions
A Pittsburgh-area judge recently ruled that Pennsylvania does not recognize negligence claims in data breach lawsuits. Dittman v. UPMC, No. GD-14-003285 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl., Allegheny Cnty., May 28, 2015). The case centers on a data breach in 2014 involving the University of Pittsburgh Medical… Read More