Data Breach Class Action Against Law Firm Moves Forward

Law firm Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC must face a federal lawsuit that says the firm is liable for failing to prevent a data breach that exposed personal data for a plaintiff they litigated against in a separate case.

Judge William K. Sessions III partially denied PPEC’s motion to dismiss claims brought by Shawna Gaboriault in the putative class action, finding that she sufficiently claimed there was a concrete injury that is actual or imminent and that is traceable to PPEC’s actions, according to the opinion filed Oct. 11 in the US District Court for the District of Vermont. ...