New York Blood Center Patients Withdraw Data Breach Suit for Now

New York Blood Center escaped litigation over a January data breach after three patients elected to withdraw their consolidated class complaint.

NYBC is one of America’s largest community-based, nonprofit blood centers, serving New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The plaintiffs’ withdrawal of the suit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York seeks dismissal without prejudice, which would allow them to re-file.

• The parties previously sought to put the case on hold pending mediation in June, but Judge Jeannette A. Vargas denied the request in part
• The withdrawn complaint consolidated three proposed class actions filed in ...