January 23, 2017
The Third and Seventh circuits on Friday offered their conflicting takes on whether a claimed statutory privacy violation is enough to establish standing under the U.S. Supreme Court's Spokeo ruling, highlighting a potentially more welcoming atmosphere in the Third Circuit and placing a significant emphasis on exactly how a plaintiff's privacy rights were allegedly violated.
January 20, 2017
The Third Circuit on Friday revived a putative class action over a data breach at Horizon Healthcare, ruling in a published opinion that plaintiffs did not have to allege that their information had been misused but instead could rely on purported violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act to establish standing.
October 31, 2016
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield customers told the Third Circuit on Monday that a recent privacy ruling over J. Crew receipts has nothing to do with their appeal over stolen laptop data, despite the health insurance company's claim that the ruling is ammunition against the appeal.
October 27, 2016
Horizon Healthcare Services Inc. told the Third Circuit on Wednesday that a group of policyholders’ putative class action over a data breach must be tossed since a New Jersey federal judge killed a similar case against J. Crew with a ruling that said a heightened risk of future identity theft was not enough to establish a concrete injury under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Spokeo decision.
September 15, 2016
A putative class of Horizon Healthcare policyholders suing the company over a data breach told the Third Circuit on Wednesday that the Sixth Circuit's take on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Spokeo decision in a similar breach case supports a finding that they have standing.
October 07, 2015
Horizon Healthcare Services Inc. members urged the Third Circuit Wednesday to ax a lower court's order dismissing a proposed class action over the theft of two laptops containing data for nearly 840,000 of the insurer's policyholders, saying they have established standing by pleading identity theft and other concrete injuries.
September 24, 2015
Horizon Healthcare Services Inc. has urged the Third Circuit to affirm a district court's order dismissing a proposed class action over the theft of two laptops containing the personal data of nearly 840,000 of the insurer's policyholders, saying that no plaintiff plausibly alleges that their information was misused.