On September 12, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held in Galaria v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Nos. 15-3386/15-3387 (6th Cir. Sept. 12, 2016) that the plaintiffs in two related lawsuits properly alleged standing to pursue claims arising from a 2012 attack on the defendant insurance company’s computer network. The

On April 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the two plaintiffs in Lewert v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., No. 14-3700 (7th Cir. Apr. 14, 2016) have standing to pursue claims arising from a 2014 data breach suffered by that restaurant chain. The court, in an