North America - United States • Media, technology and telecoms
Hausfeld LLP
Hausfeld LLP fields a team of experienced plaintiff-side counsel in its technology and data breach team, involved in high profile cybersecurity and data privacy litigation seeking compensation for victims of data breaches and privacy violations. James Pizzirusso leads both the data breach, privacy, and consumer protection teams from Washington DC, appointed by courts to leadership positions in a number of successful class actions. In Philadelphia, Jeanine Kenney leverages longstanding public policy experience; San Francisco-based Megan Jones and DC-based Swathi Bojedla are also key names.
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Key clients
- A class of T-Mobile subscribers whose personal information was stolen by hackers in a data breach (In re: T-Mobile Customer Data Security Breach Litigation)
- A class of hotel customers who were impacted by the Marriott data breach (In re Marriott International, Inc. Data Breach Litigation)
- A class of ParkMobile app users whose personal information was stolen during a breach. (Baker v. ParkMobile LLC)
- A proposed class of various lab customers whose personally identifiable information was compromised (In re American Medical Collection Agency, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation)
- Multiple class action lawsuits that involve violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
- A class of plaintiffs whose private information was stolen from Enzo Biochem, Inc. during a data breach (Epstein v. Enzo Biochem, Inc. et al)
- A class of plaintiffs whose private information was stolen from Highmark during a data breach (John Doe v. Highmark, Inc)
- A class of plaintiffs whose private information was stolen from Independent Living Systems during a data breach (McMullen v. Independent Living Systems, LLC)
- A class of plaintiffs whose private information was stolen from KeyBank National Association during a data breach (Brouty, et al. v. KeyBank National Association, et al.)
- A class of plaintiffs affected by a data breach of NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (Miller v. NextGen Healthcare, Inc.)
- A class of LastPass users whose highly sensitive data was affected by a data breach (Goldstein v. LastPass US LP)
- A class of plaintiffs whose personally identifiable information was compromised by the TMX data breach (Kolstedt v. TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc.)
- A class of Webster Financial Corporation customers who were affected by a data breach. (Whelan, et al. v. Webster Financial Corporation, et al.)
Work highlights
- Acting as a member of the leadership team in a consolidated action asserting that ParkMobile was negligent in allowing attackers to access records of 21 million customers.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
James Pizzirusso