Schnuck Markets, Inc. v. First Data Merchant Services Corp. (MLW No. 70086/Case No. 15-3804 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

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A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a massive data breach in 2013.

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I predict that within about two to three years, lawyers in most jurisdictions will communicate and collaborate with clients using some type of an encrypted network. A number of states, including Massachusetts and Nevada, already have passed laws or regulations ...

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Albert Gonzalez, the computer hacker charged with stealing 130 million credit and debit card numbers, will plead guilty to previous data-theft charges in Massachusetts and New York and forfeit assets, U.S. prosecutors said. Gonzalez faces 15 years to 25 years ...

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Missouri will receive more than $67,000 from TJX Companies Inc. as part of a settlement between the discount retailer and 40 states following an investigation into TJX’s data-security practices and whether the company adequately protected customers’ financial information. The investigation ...

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A federal lawsuit claims St. Louis-based Express Scripts should have done more to prevent a widely publicized data breach last year. According to the lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the company didn't use the most advanced information security technology it could and failed to take other steps to prevent the loss of its clients' confidential information. The lawsuit seeks class action status, claiming at least one million people were affected by the data breach.

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