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Oct. 7, 2016

A sale, a breach, a wave of class actions

Although it seems unlikely under current jurisprudence that the current cases against Yahoo will attain class certification, the data breach is undoubtedly complicating the $4.8 billion sale of Yahoo's internet business. By Sean L. Harrington

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By Sean L. Harrington

Nature has some new plagues

To run in our streets

History some new wrinkle

We are doomed to repeat

Fugitives at the bedroom door

Lovers pause to find an open store

Rain is burning on the forest floor

And the red tide kisses the shore

-- Rush's "Red Tide" (Atlantic Records, 1989)

In what is being characterized as the largest data breach of all time, some 500 millio...

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