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  • December 17, 2025

    Late Plaintiff Substitutions Sink Hospital Health Data Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a proposed data breach class action against Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc. over the named plaintiffs purported inability to serve as leaders of the suit, ruling that they had two years to find substitutes.

  • December 17, 2025

    Meta Blamed For Teens' Instagram 'Sextortion' Suicides

    The parents of a 16-year-old boy from Scotland and a 13-year-old boy from Pennsylvania blame Meta and Instagram for their children dying by suicide after being "sextorted" through the photo sharing platform, alleging in a lawsuit Wednesday that the social media companies know the app connects predators to children.

  • December 17, 2025

    29 State AGs Want Unified Meta Youth Addiction Trial

    A group of 29 states and their attorneys general is doubling down on a request in California federal court to hold a single, unified trial in their suit claiming Meta Platforms Inc. is designed to addict and harm minors, saying they have now identified another case where such a singular trial was held involving multiple attorneys general's claims.

  • December 17, 2025

    Ill. Judge Grants Transit Co.'s Bid To Arbitrate GIPA Claims

    An Illinois federal judge Tuesday sent to arbitration a proposed class action claiming those applying to work for a transit services provider were required to divulge family medical history during a preemployment physical in violation of Illinois' genetic privacy law, finding the lead plaintiff had agreed to arbitrate disputes as part of his application process.

  • December 17, 2025

    Ill. Personal Injury Law Firm Sued Over Data Breach

    A Virginia man alleges in a new proposed class action in Illinois federal court that personal injury law firm TorHoerman Law LLC failed to prevent a cyberattack that exposed his private information to criminals, and that the firm didn't report the attack to the affected people for several months.

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