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Data Privacy

Sep. 18, 2023

Firm sued by client’s former employee after data breach

Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP sent a letter about the breach in March 2022, but did nothing since, the lawsuit complains.

A law firm that defended Charter Communications from a wrongful termination claim was sued by that plaintiff over a data breach that occurred two years later.

The plaintiff alleges that Hill, Farrer & Burrill LLP did nothing to warn breach victims until this month about a March 2022 breach. During this time the perpetrators had “free reign to surveil and defraud their unsuspecting victims.”

“Plaintiff receive...

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