Abbye Alexander, Esq., Henry Norwood, Esq., and Emily Taing, Esq. of Kaufman Dolowich LLP write: Recent caselaw suggests a shift in how courts analyze healthcare data breach claims. For years, defendants largely prevailed by arguing that plaintiffs could not demonstrate a sufficiently concrete injury because plaintiffs’ private information had not been misused following a data...
Traceability becomes the new battleground in healthcare data breach litigation
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