Courts Look Unfavorably on Recent Class Actions Arising Out of Ransomware Attacks

As more and more ransomware attacks affect companies large and small, such as the recent, well-known attacks on the Colonial Pipeline and the meat processing company JBS, industrious plaintiffs’ counsel will continue to attempt to leverage these attacks to bring class action suits against the companies suffering the attacks. The majority of these attacks are focused on companies in the healthcare industry. A ransomware attack is when an attacker uses malicious software that blocks access to a...
By: Clark Hill PLC

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