Seventh Circuit Denies Neiman Marcus’ Rehearing of Data Breach Class Action.

29 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Appellate Law, Computer Forensics, Computer Virus, Cybersecurity, Identity Theft, Malware

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Data Breach, Hackers, Hunton and Williams, Identity Theft, Privacy, Privacy & Information Security Law Blog, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Seventh Circuit Denies En Banc Review For Data Breach Class Action, Privacy & Information Security Law Blog posted by Hunton and Williams

https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2015/09/29/seventh-circuit-denies-en-banc-review-for-data-breach-class-action/

Plaintiffs, Neiman Marcus cardholders, brought a class action against the store for damages caused by a 2013 data breach. Hackers accessed customers’ credit and debit cards, as well as other personal information. The Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, ruled that the individual Plaintiffs and the class action against Neiman Marcus lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution.

Plaintiffs appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The link takes you to the Seventh Circuit’s opinion explaining how Plaintiffs prevailed and why it reversed and remanded the case. Neiman Marcus filed for rehearing. The Seventh Circuit followed its usual habit, and denied it.

The Seventh Circuit’s analysis of its reasons ruling that Plaintiffs had met the three requirements for Article III standing is well worth the read. An added bonus is the link to the 2014 edition of The Practitioner’s Handbook for Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, -CCE

Oklahoma’s Discovery Code Changing to Add E-Discovery Master.

29 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Discovery, E-Discovery, E-Discovery Master, Evidence

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E-Discovery Master, James C. Milton, Oklahoma Bar Journal, Oklahoma Discovery Code

New Discovery Master Law Takes Effect on Nov. 1, 2015, by James C. Milton, Oklahoma Bar Journal – Sept. 26, 2015, Vol. 86, No. 25.-

(Originally published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal – Sept. 12, 2015 – Vol. 86, No. 24)

http://www.okbar.org/members/BarJournal/archive2015/SeptArchive15/OBJ8624Milton.aspx

Effective on Nov. 1, 2015, the Oklahoma Discovery Code will include a new statute that provides for discovery masters in civil litigation.1 The new statute will be codified as Section 3225.1 of the Discovery Code.

Section 3225.1 is based in large part on Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure..2 Rule 53 allows for federal courts to appoint ‘judicial masters’ to address complex issues in exceptional cases. . . .

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