Data Breach Lawsuit

DNA Diagnostics Center Reaches $400K Settlement After Healthcare Data Breach

by Sarai Rodriguez

DNA Diagnostics Center has reached a $400,000 settlement to resolve several violations over a 2021 healthcare data breach. DNA Diagnostics Center is a major private DNA-testing organization providing...

Advent Health Partners Agrees to $500K Healthcare Data Breach Settlement

by Sarai Rodriguez

Advent Health Partners has agreed to pay a $500,000 settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2021 healthcare data breach that affected more than 60,000 patients. Advent Health...

2 Orgs Reach Settlements to Resolve Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuits

by Jill McKeon

iCare Acquisition, the parent company of 20/20 Eye Care Network and 20/20 Hearing Care Network, agreed to a $3 million settlement to resolve a healthcare data breach lawsuit. In January 2021, 20/20...

UMass Memorial Health Center Resolves Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit With $1.2M Settlement

by Jill McKeon

If approved by the Worcester County Superior Court, UMass Memorial Health Center will pay $1.2 million to settle a healthcare data breach lawsuit. The lawsuit stemmed from a breach that took place...

GoodRx Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Improper Health Data Sharing Practices

by Jill McKeon

GoodRx, along with Meta, Google, and online advertising company Criteo, were hit with a proposed class action lawsuit containing allegations of improper health data sharing practices. GoodRx...

IL Hospital Reaches $380K Settlement to Resolve Lawsuit Over Healthcare Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

Dixon, Illinois-based Katherine Shaw Bethea (KSB) Hospital reached a proposed settlement of $380,000 to resolve a class action lawsuit filed in the aftermath of a September 2021 healthcare data...

Logan Health Reaches $4.3M Settlement Following Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit

by Jill McKeon

Logan Health Medical Center in Kalispell, Montana reached a $4.3 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit stemming from a Fall 2021 healthcare data breach. Class members may be...

CommonSpirit Health Faces Class Action Lawsuit in Wake of Healthcare Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

CommonSpirit Health is now facing a class action lawsuit in the aftermath of a Fall 2022 cyberattack that impacted facilities across one of the largest nonprofit healthcare systems in the US. As...

Avalon Healthcare, Morley Companies Reach Healthcare Data Breach Settlements

by Jill McKeon

Avalon Healthcare Management and Morley Companies each reached healthcare data breach settlements recently following large-scale data breaches. Lawsuits and state-level enforcement actions in the...

Scripps Health Reaches $3.5M Settlement After Ransomware Attack

by Jill McKeon

Scripps Health in San Diego reached a $3.5 million proposed settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit stemming from a May 2021 ransomware attack and subsequent breach that impacted 2.1 million...

Conway Regional Medical Center Reaches $295K Settlement Over Healthcare Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

Conway Regional Medical Center in Arkansas agreed to pay $295,000 to settle a lawsuit stemming from a 2019 healthcare data breach. In June 2019, Conway fell victim to a phishing scheme resulting in the...

San Juan Regional Medical Center Reaches Settlement Following Healthcare Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

San Juan Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) reached a proposed settlement following a 2020 healthcare data breach that impacted nearly 69,000 individuals. According to the original breach notice, issued...

Forefront Dermatology To Pay $3.75M In Healthcare Data Breach Settlement

by Jill McKeon

Forefront Dermatology, which operates dermatology offices across the US, reached a $3.75 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit stemming from a May 2021 healthcare data breach. The breach was...

Lurie Children’s Hospital Resolves Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit

by Jill McKeon

Chicago-based Lurie Children’s Hospital settled a data breach lawsuit outside of court relating to a security incident that began in 2018. The hospital agreed to implement additional security...

Aveanna Healthcare Reaches $425K Settlement After Healthcare Data Breach

by Sarai Rodriguez

Aveanna Healthcare reached a proprosed settlement to resolve a healthcare data breach lawsuit stemming from a 2019 string of phishing attacks that impacted hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts...

WakeMed Faces Data Breach Lawsuit Over Meta Pixel Use

by Jill McKeon

WakeMed Health and Hospitals is the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit stemming from a data breach that allegedly led to patient data being transmitted to Facebook (Meta) through the use of...

Keystone Health Faces Lawsuit Over Healthcare Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

Pennsylvania-based Keystone Health is facing a class action lawsuit over a 2022 data breach that impacted more than 235,000 individuals. As previously reported, Keystone Health discovered a security...

United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley Reaches Proposed Data Breach Settlement

by Jill McKeon

United Health Centers (UHC) of the San Joaquin Valley reached a proposed class-action settlement agreement to resolve allegations surrounding an August 2021 data breach. UHC’s notice to the...

LifeBridge Health Settles Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit for $9.5M

by Jill McKeon

Baltimore-based health system LifeBridge Health agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle a healthcare data breach lawsuit. The lawsuit stemmed from a breach initially disclosed in May 2018. In May 2018,...

Magellan Health Settles Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit For $1.43M

by Jill McKeon

Managed care company Magellan Health agreed to pay $1.43 million to resolve a healthcare data breach lawsuit stemming from a May 2019 phishing attack on its subsidiary, Magellan Rx Management. The...