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Blogs Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (Blog)
August 25, 2016

Home Depot Gets Nailed with $7.5 Million in Legal Fees In Data Breach Class Action

Written by: Tiffany Winks, Esq. On Tuesday, August 23, 2016, a Federal Judge in Atlanta awarded a whopping $7.5 million in legal fees to consumers’ lawyers in a lawsuit against Home Depot for its 2014 data breach.  Not only did the Court awa

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August 22, 2016

Can That Softball Game Injury Be Compensable?

Written by: Dale Slemons, Esq. Summer is slowly winding down and those fun filled, company sponsored, summer softball teams are gearing up for the playoffs, including our very own HBS “Devil Goats”. Good luck Goats!!! While most company sof

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August 22, 2016
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HBS Welcomes Attorney Russell A. Newman to the Nashville Office

HBS is pleased to welcome attorney Russell A. Newman to the Nashville office. Mr. Newman practices in business litigation and medical malpractice.  Prior to joining Hall Booth Smith, Mr. Newman was in practice with his father, Alan L. Newman

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August 19, 2016
Ashley HeslopCharleston Office

HBS Welcomes Attorney Ashley Heslop to the Charleston office

HBS is pleased to welcome Ashley Heslop as Of Counsel in the Charleston office. She has been practicing in the area of professional liability defense for 13 years representing health care practitioners and long term care providers. Ms. Heslop

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Blogs Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (Blog)
August 15, 2016

Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Class Action Data Breach Case

Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. The Georgia Court of Appeals recently held the line against data breach cases when it affirmed the dismissal of a class action against the Georgia Department of Labor.1)  Thomas McConnell had filed a class ac

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Blogs Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (Blog)
August 14, 2016

Third Circuit Court of Appeals to Rule on Key “Standing” Issue in Data Breach Cases

Written by: Sam Crochet, Esq. Two class actions currently pending in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, In re Horizon Healthcare Services Inc. Data Breach Litigation and Storm v. Paytime, will impact appellate courts’ future evaluations o

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Blogs Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (Blog)
August 11, 2016

Judge Dismisses Data Breach Class Action Against Wendy’s for Lack of Standing

Written by Sam Crochet, Esq. Last month, the defense community scored a victory in the ongoing debate as to when theft of an individual’s data becomes a concrete injury for purposes of establishing “standing” to sue. In Torres v. Wendy

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Blogs Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (Blog)
August 2, 2016

LabMD’s Win Over The FTC Is Short Lived

Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq.  On July 29, 2016 the Federal Trade Commission issued an Opinion and final Order reversing the decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) that had dismissed FTC charges against medical testing laboratory La

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Blogs Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (Blog)
August 2, 2016

EU-US Privacy Shield Self-Certification Starts Today

Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. Today, August 1, is the first day that the U.S. Department of Commerce is accepting self-certifications under the EU-US Privacy Shield.  The Privacy Shield, which essentially takes the place of the invalidated

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August 2, 2016

The “Internet of Things”: An Inconvenient Truth

Written by: Sam Crochet, Esq. Technology is developing at an explosive pace, which is creating endless opportunities for improvement industry-to-industry. For years we have remotely accessed information from our smartphones, but now we are on t

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