A data breach at Multi-Fineline Electronix (MFlex) in Irvine, California, was a direct result of the printed circuit manufacturer’s failure to implement adequate cybersecurity procedures to protect employees’ and beneficiaries’ personally identifiable information (PII) from a “foreseeable and preventable” cyberattack, alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 8:24-cv-00400) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana.
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A law firm settling a federal class action in state court “to increase attorneys’ fees at the expense of the class’s recovery improperly ‘subordinates the interests of the class to its own interests,'" said intervenors’ memorandum in support of intervention Friday (docket 3:21-cv-08592) in a 2021 fraud class action over hidden Verizon fees.
Palo Alto Networks made misleading statements and failed to disclose material facts in violation of securities laws from Aug. 18 through Feb. 20, alleged a class action Monday (docket 5:24-cv-01156) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose against the company and three executives. Palo Alto shares fell 28% Feb. 21 to $261.97 on the company's disclosure of worsening Q2 results.
Riveted Games, developer of the online video game CryptoBlades, defrauded investor Tenzor Capital after entering two "simple agreement for future tokens" (SAFT) pacts in August 2021, said Tenzor's complaint Monday (docket 2:24-cv-00955) in U.S. District Court for South Carolina in Charleston.
Walmart “sympathizes” with Risa Potters and other fraud victims, but her claims that the retailer should have done more to protect her from a third-party fraudster “are meritless and should be dismissed,” said its memorandum of points and authorities Friday (docket 1:22-cv-0337) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles in support of its motion to dismiss Potters' December fraud class action (see 2312110039).
The plaintiffs in a privacy class action, In Re Apple Data Privacy Litigation, don’t say “what data was collected from them, or what that data would have revealed,” said Apple’s reply Friday (docket 5:22-cv-07069) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose in support of its motion to dismiss.
Comcast customer Vince Estevez and his wife experienced identity theft and were victims of financial fraud resulting from cloud computing company Citrix Systems’ Oct. 10 data breach, alleged their class action Friday (docket 2:24-cv-00800) against Citrix and its customer Comcast in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
The Texas Association of Business (TAB) petitioned the 5th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court for review of the FCC’s updated data breach notification rules. The rules were adopted Dec. 13, released Dec. 21 and published in the Federal Register Feb. 12, said TAB's Thursday filing (docket 24-60085). They are effective March 13 (see 2402090035).
Comcast used “deficient data security practices” by relying on Citrix’s “flawed software applications” that resulted in a “massive and preventable” October data breach, alleged a fraud class action Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-00793) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Since an April data breach at Emmanuel College in Boston, Sopiya Shrestha has experienced an uptick in spam calls concerning fraudulent communications, said her negligence class action Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-10434) against the school's trustees in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston.