Data Protection
Standing in Data-Breach Actions: Injury in Fact?
Catherine Padhi Mon, Dec 18, 2017, 7:00 AM
If your personal information is released but never misused, can you sue the company that was supposed to keep it safe? Some federal circuits say no; others say yes. A new cert petition in Attias v. CareFirst, filed in appeal of the D.C. Circuit’s decision to allow one such lawsuit to proceed, argues that it is time for the Supreme Court to decide.