A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit against the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) by a former broker who alleged that disclosures on the regulator’s public database violated his privacy rights. The former broker, Alan Santos-Buch, sued FINRA, Wall Street’s …
OneBeacon Professional Insurance (OBPI), a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. (has released a new network security and privacy liability policy, which includes certain data breach services from Equifax if a covered breach event occurs. Equifax, a global consumer, commercial …
The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. looks set to settle at great expense a string of legal claims after admitting wide-scale phone hacking that was both known about and concealed by senior management. Murdoch’s News International had …
While data breaches at large companies continue to dominate the headlines, breaches involving smaller businesses are also on the rise. According to a 2011 report from Verizon Business of more than 760 data breaches analyzed in 2010, nearly two-thirds involved …
The recent hacker attack at Sony Corp. and other corporate data breaches are attracting more class-action lawyers eager to score a payday, though huge monetary settlements may be elusive. At least 25 lawsuits have been filed against Sony in U.S. …
public apology from Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper arm, designed to contain an escalating phone-hacking scandal, looked to have failed after a judge said civil cases against the firm could run into next year at least. At a case-management conference called …
