The plaintiff that brought a proposed class action against New York law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft claiming that it was at fault for exposing personal data during a November 2022 cyberattack voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit on Thursday.
Ohio-based attorney Patrick Perotti dismissed his lawsuit with prejudice in a new filing in the Southern District of New York. The claims of “the putative, uncertified class” are dismissed without prejudice, the filing said.
Perotti was represented by Finkelstein, Blankinship, Frei-Pearson & Garber; Levin Sedran & Berman; and Goldenberg Schneider.
Lawyers for Perotti declined to comment on the dismissal. Cadwalader did not respond to a request for comment.
Perotti filed the lawsuit back in April, alleging that more than 93,000 people had identifying information compromised and were at risk of credit fraud or identity theft during a cyberattack that Cadwalader suffered back in November 2022.
The law firm sent notices, which were viewed by Bloomberg Law, to potentially affected parties stating that between Nov. 15 and 16 “an unauthorized third party” gained remote access to its systems.
The data breach moved many of Cadwalader’s internal systems offline and prompted them to wipe firm-issued laptop hard drives, according to various media reports.
The case is Perotti v. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, S.D.N.Y., 1:23-cv-03063, 4/12/23
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