Law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft is at fault for exposing personal data in a November 2022 breach, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Manhattan.
The firm “failed to prevent the data breach because it did not adhere to commonly accepted security standards and failed to detect that its databases were subject to a security breach,” the suit alleges.
Ohio-based attorney Patrick Perotti filed the lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, claiming more than 93,000 people had identifying information compromised and are at risk of credit fraud or identity theft.
Cadwalader did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The New York-founded firm fell victim to the cyberattack on Nov. 15 and 16 when an unauthorized third party gained remote access to the firm’s systems and acquired information from the Cadwalader’s network, the complaint said.
The data breach prompted the firm to wipe firm-issued laptop hard drives and forced many of its internal systems offline, according to media reports.
Perotti is represented by Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber; Levin Sedran & Berman; and Goldenberg Schneider.
Cadwalader isn’t the only firm to have suffered a cyberattack in recent months. Proskauer Rose said on April 7 that a data breach exposed client data, including legal and financial information.
The case is Perotti v. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, S.D.N.Y., 1:23-cv-03063, 4/12/23
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