A consumer dropped his proposed class action alleging that the South Carolina-based law firm Riley Pope & Laney LLC negligently failed to protect the personal information of more than 7,000 people that was exposed in a 2024 data breach.
Lead plaintiff Jason Warren filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of his claims in the US District Court for the District of South Carolina on Tuesday, two months after the parties moved for a stay of the proceedings pending mediation.
- Warren alleged the firm failed to implement reasonable and adequate data-security measures and waited six months to notify those affected, many ...
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