Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 1, 2019
30,000 legal fies allegedly stolen by insurance companies not covered by federal privacy law
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down efforts to revive a putative class action alleging insurance companies fighting personal injury and workers’ compensation cases hacked more than 30,000 legal files owned by plaintiffs, saying the actions did not violate the Stored Communications Act.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shot down efforts to revive a putative class action alleging insurance companies fighting personal injury and workers' compensation cases hacked more than 30,000 legal files saved online by the plaintiffs, saying the actions did not violate the Stored Communications Act.
In an unpublished opinion Friday, the court concluded HQ Sign-Up Services, which ran a site on which complainants uploaded pri...
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