To help practitioners and others better understand the digital payment ecosystem, Kim Stephens, in collaboration with Western Alliance Bank and Epiq Global co-hosted the webinar "Digital Payments: Best Practices for Efficiency in Class Actions." read more

Carnival Hit with Suit Over Passengers' COVID-19 Exposure read more

On March 2, 2020 Judge Michael H. Simon, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, granted final approval of the class action settlement against Premera arising out of a 2015 data breach. read more

On November 8, 2019, the King County Superior Court gave final approval to the settlement in the case. The university has set up a website with information for plaintiffs: WSUSettlement.com. Under the settlement, WSU has agreed to, among other things, (1) provide credit monitoring services and identity theft insurance; (2) provide cash payments to Settlement Class Members for reimbursement of certain documented Out-of-Pocket Costs incurred as a result of the breach; (3) provide cash payments of up to $15 per hour for up to three hours for time spent dealing with issues plausibly connected to the breach. In addition, WSU has taken or will take certain remedial measures and has enhanced security measures that it will continue to implement. read more

On October 25, 2019 United States District Court Judge James L. Robart entered a Final Approval Order and Judgment approving a $9.8 million Settlement Agreement in the Eddie Bauer Data Breach class action. read more

The parties have reached a settlement in the Premera data breach lawsuit. Under the terms of the proposed Settlement, Premera has agreed to pay $32 million to resolve the litigation. read more

WSU has agreed to pay up to $5.26 million to resolve the case, which comes nearly two years after a hard drive containing personal data was stolen from an off-site storage facility. read more

A putative class action has been filed against Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau, Waldun Forest Products, LTD., Anbrook Industries LTD, and G&R Cedar LTD. alleging an antitrust conspiracy to fix prices. read more

U.S. District Judge James L. Robart ordered Thursday that a complaint filed by Tousley Brain Stephens and its co-counsel, Scott+Scott, Carlson, Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter, Lockridge Grindal Nauen, Murray Law Firm, Zimmerman Reed, and Chestnut Cambronne, on behalf of a putative class of financial institutions could proceed against Washington-based retailer Eddie Bauer, LLC over damages incurred as a result of a 2016 data breach at its stores. read more

Hon. Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, granted final approval to a $43.5mm settlement to cover losses, attorneys' fees and costs sustained by financial institutions as a result of Home Depot's 2014 data breach. read more