Preliminary Approval Granted in Health Data Privacy Settlement Against University of Rochester
On April 10, 2025, Judge Mark W. Pedersen of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement in Kane v. University of Rochester, No. 6:23-cv-06027. Plaintiffs, represented by…
Federal Court Grants Final Approval to Superior Ambulance Data Breach Settlement
We are very pleased to report that, on April 2, 2025, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted final approval of a class action settlement in Spann v. Superior Air-Ground…
Judge Permits Wiretap & Negligence Claims in Class Action Over Duly Health’s Data Sharing with Meta
On March 31, 2025, Judge April M. Perry of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied, in part, defendant’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit over its unauthorized medical data sharing. In Mayer v.…
Federal Court Allows Video Privacy Claims to Proceed Against MUBI Over Meta Tracking
On March 31, 2025, Judge Eumi K. Lee of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a decision in Edwards v. MUBI, Inc., No. 5:24-cv-00638-EKL, partially denying MUBI’s motion to dismiss a class action complaint…
California Fair Plan Insureds Demand Coverage for Wildfire Smoke Damage
As thousands of California FAIR Plan insureds in Los Angeles struggle with unemployment and denials of their smoke damage claims, insurance specialists John R. Parker, Jr. of Almeida Law Group and Dylan Schaffer of Kerley Schaffer filed a motion to…
Almeida Law Group Welcomes New Partner
Almeida Law Group is thrilled to welcome Karen Dahlberg O’Connell as our newest partner! Karen joins us after a distinguished career at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where she spent more than 15 years leading complex investigations and litigation against…
Federal Court Grants Final Approval of WorkIt Health Class Action Settlement
On March 6, 2025, Judge Linda V. Parker of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted final approval of a settlement resolving a class action lawsuit captioned Doe v. Workit Health, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-11691-LVP-DRG. Represented…
Union Bank & Trust Data Breach Class Action Update
Union Bank & Trust Data Breach Overview In May 2023, Union Bank and Trust Company experienced a data breach. The cybersecurity incident potentially exposed over 200,000 individuals’ personal information, such as names, SSNs, dates of birth, and more. Certain affected…
Court Allows Privacy & Negligence Claims to Proceed Against Edward-Elmhurst Health
Privacy Claims to Proceed On February 21, 2025, Judge Steven C. Seeger of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a ruling allowing two of Plaintiffs’ claims against Edward-Elmhurst Health to move forward. The putative class…
Court Denies Exer Urgent Care’s Motion to Dismiss in Privacy Class Action
Privacy Claims to Proceed We are pleased to announce that, on January 30, 2025, Judge Amanda H. Anderson of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied Exer Urgent Care’s motion to dismiss on all but one…
Court Denies Prime Healthcare’s Motion to Dismiss in Patient Privacy Class Action
Motion to Dismiss Denied We are pleased to report that, on January 13, 2025, Judge Otis D. Wright II of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration and denied Prime Healthcare Services,…
Almeida Law Group Files Three California Healthcare Data Sharing Class Actions
Class Actions Filed Against California Healthcare Providers The Almeida Law Group files three putative class action lawsuits in various federal and state courts in California challenging healthcare entities’ alleged practice of collecting and disseminating patients’ confidential and protected health information…
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