June 2017

Anthem Settles Data Breach Class Action

Anthem, Inc., the nation’s largest health insurance company, has agreed to settle the class action litigation arising from its 2015 data breach for $115 million, eclipsing the amount of any previous data breach settlement. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, had survived two motions to dismiss. After extensive discovery, plaintiffs moved for class certification on March 10, 2017. …

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Task Force Issues Report on Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Challenges and Recommendations

On Monday, June 5, the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force (the “HCIC Task Force”) issued its Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry to Congress. The report highlighted that health care cybersecurity is a “key public health concern that needs immediate and aggressive attention.”

In the report, the HCIC Task Force identified six “imperatives” that must be achieved to increase security within the health care industry.

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