ExecuPharm Employee Data Breach Class Action to Move Forward

A former biopharmaceutical company employee can proceed with a proposed class action against her employer to recover damages for its failure to protect employees’ sensitive personal information from a data breach, the Third Circuit said Friday.

Jennifer Clemens’ allegation that she has a substantial risk of identify theft due to the publication of her stolen personal information on the dark web was sufficient to give her standing to sue ExecuPharm Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said.

As a condition of her employment, Clemens provided ExecuPharm with sensitive personal and financial information, including her Social Security ...