Cases & Investigations
Aetna HIV Medication Privacy Breach Class Action Lawsuit
This lawsuit involved a massive privacy breach, in which insurance company Aetna violated the privacy rights of thousands of its customers by exposing their highly private and confidential information regarding prescriptions for HIV medication.
- Settled
- Technology, Privacy & Data Breach
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Anthem Inc. Data Security Breach Litigation
On February 16, 2015, Berger Montague filed a class action complaint against health insurer Anthem, Inc. arising from Anthem’s massive data breach. Computer hackers accessed Anthem’s computer servers and stole the personal and financial information of approximately 80 million Anthem customers and other individuals.
- Settled
- Technology, Privacy & Data Breach
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Countrywide Financial Corp. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
Berger Montague served on the Executive Committee of this multidistrict litigation. In 2008, a senior financial advisor formerly employed by Countrywide stole confidential information of millions of consumers from Countrywide’s records and sold it to a third party for marketing purposes.
- Settled
- Technology, Privacy & Data Breach
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Experian/T-Mobile Data Breach Lawsuit
This class action lawsuit arose from a data breach at Experian in which computer hackers stole personal information including Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information for approximately 15 million consumers.
- Settled
- Consumer Protection, Technology, Privacy & Data Breach
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Hannaford Brothers Co. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
Berger Montague filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in 2008 on behalf of all consumers whose credit card or debit card data was stolen from the computer network of Hannaford Brothers Co. (“Hannaford”) supermarkets.
- Settled
- Technology, Privacy & Data Breach
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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. Data Security Breach Litigation
Berger Montague served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in this multi-district litigation. The case was settled in 2012. Heartland processes credit and debit card transactions for more than 150,000 merchants nationwide.
- Settled
- Technology, Privacy & Data Breach
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Medical Informatics Data Breach Lawsuit
On August 20, 2015, Berger Montague filed a class action complaint against Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. (“MIE”) for a data breach involving sensitive personal and medical information for 3.9 million patients nationwide.
- Settled
- Technology, Privacy & Data Breach
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TJX Companies Retail Security Breach Litigation
In 2007, Berger Montague filed a class action suit on behalf of all consumers in the U.S. whose personal and financial data were stolen by computer hackers from TJX Companies, Inc. (“TJX”). Berger Montague was one of three Co-Lead Counsel appointed by the Court.
- Settled
- Technology, Privacy & Data Breach, Consumer Protection
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