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Data Privacy

Dec. 23, 2014

In employee class actions, Sony can't blame Kim Jong-un

Lawyers say that North Korea getting blamed for the massive data breach does not really help the company fight four pending lawsuits.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The FBI's bombshell statement Friday morning that the North Korean government perpetrated Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.'s massive data breach will probably not help the studio escape blame in currently four employee class action lawsuits, experts say.


"It adds an interesting twist," said Robert E. Braun, a partner at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP who specializes in pr...

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