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Data Breach Class Action Plaintiffs Lack Standing

A federal court in New Jersey is the latest in a series of courts to dismiss a putative data breach class action due to plaintiffs’ failure to adequately plead standing. In re Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. Data Breach Litigation, No. 2:13-cv-07418-CCC-JBC (D.N.J. Mar. 31, 2015). This class action was brought against a health insurer that suffered a data breach through the theft of...