May 10, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal judge denied a former Coca-Cola employee's bid for sanctions against the company and an attorney in a proposed class action over a data breach, concluding that the soda giant was not obligated to produce documents that it did not have in its possession.
May 05, 2017
Coca-Cola and its in-house attorney wrongly withheld documents key to an ex-employee's proposed class action accusing the soda giant of exposing him and other staff members to identity theft after a number of laptops were stolen, attorneys for the class alleged in a motion for sanctions Thursday.
April 03, 2017
The Coca-Cola Co. nabbed a quick win Friday in an ex-employee's proposed class action accusing it of exposing him and other staff members to identity theft after a number of laptops were stolen, with a Pennsylvania federal judge finding that the company had no contractual obligation to secure his personal information.
January 12, 2017
Coca-Cola Co. took aim Wednesday at an ex-employee accusing the company of exposing him and fellow staff to identity theft after several dozen company laptops were stolen, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge that, pursuant to an employment contract, it was not obligated to safeguard the worker's personal information.
September 27, 2016
Coca-Cola Co. hit back at a former employee's bid to certify class in a suit accusing the company of exposing him and fellow staff to identity theft after several dozen company laptops were stolen, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday the ex-worker has not defined a common class.
October 01, 2015
A former employee at a unit of The Coca-Cola Co. who blames the company for exposing him to identity theft after several dozen company laptops were stolen has standing to sue but can't bring seven out of 10 of his proposed class claims, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled.
March 18, 2015
The Coca-Cola Co. on Tuesday asked the Pennsylvania federal judge handling a class action over data breaches that resulted from the theft of 55 laptops containing employees' private information to not enter default against the man accused of the theft, unless that default can't be used against the soft-drink maker.
February 24, 2015
A former Coca-Cola Co. employee urged a Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday to preserve a putative class action filed against the beverage giant for alleged privacy breaches that occurred when 55 laptops containing employees' personal data were stolen, saying he lost nearly $1,800 in fraudulent charges.
November 12, 2014
The Coca-Cola Co. was hit with a putative class action in Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday contending it should be responsible for the privacy breaches that occurred when 55 laptops containing employees' personal data were stolen from its largest bottling operation.