Oklahoma City, OK (January 31, 2020) – Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in numerous data breach and shareholder cases, has initiated an investigation into a recently confirmed data breach at Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Inc. (“LabCorp”).  On January 28, 2020, cybersecurity researchers reported a major security lapse at LabCorp affecting webpages on its internal customer relationship management system. The Data Breach exposed, in unencrypted plain text, the personal and medical information, including Social Security Numbers, test results, and other sensitive personal and medical information of potentially thousands of patients. The information […]

Oklahoma City, OK (January 30, 2020) – Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in several data breach cases, has initiated an investigation into the data breach at the company PIH Health, Inc., which operates hospitals, urgent care clinics, and medical offices in Southern California.  Early last summer, PIH Health discovered that unknown actors gained access to an undisclosed number of employee email accounts as a result of a phishing email campaign.  Four months later, PIH Health discovered that the unknown actors had access to the employee email accounts between June 11 and June […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 31, 2019) – Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in several data breach cases, has initiated an investigation into Sinai Health System relating to a data breach. On December 19, 2019 Sinai Health System issued a press release stating it had become aware of a potential data security incident that may have resulted in the inadvertent exposure of some patients’ personal and health information. On October 16, 2019, forensic IT experts determined that patient information could be at risk after an unknown third party gained unauthorized access to two […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 23, 2019) – Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in several data breach cases, has initiated an investigation into Wawa, Inc. relating to a data breach affecting in-store payment terminals and fuel dispensers. At different points in time after March 4, 2019, malware began running on in-store payment processing systems at potentially all Wawa locations. Although the dates may vary and some Wawa locations may not have been affected at all, this malware was present on most store systems by approximately April 22, 2019. The malware affected payment card […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 23, 2019) – Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in several data breach cases, has initiated an investigation into Islands Restaurants, L.P. and Champagne French Bakery Café (CFBC, Inc.) relating to a data breach affecting debit and credit card transactions. Between February 18, 2019 and September 27, 2019, malware was installed on the payment card processing systems at multiple Islands Restaurant locations in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada, and multiple Champagne French Bakery Café locations in California. The malware affected payment card information, including credit and debit card numbers, […]

Oklahoma City, OK (November 25, 2019) – Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in several data breach cases, has initiated an investigation into Church’s Chicken relating to a data breach. On November 25, 2019 Church’s Chicken posted to their website the following: in October 2019, Church’s Chicken became aware that unauthorized activity occurred involving the payment processing systems that services their company-operated restaurants. At this time, Church’s Chicken has identified over 150 restaurant locations that were affected, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. If you […]

Oklahoma City, OK (November 15, 2019) –Federman & Sherwood, a boutique litigation law firm that has been appointed counsel in various data breach cases, has initiated an investigation into Hy-Vee, Inc. relating to a data breach affecting debit and credit payment card data from cards used on point-of-sale (“POS”) devices at certain Hy-Vee fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops and restaurants (which include Hy-Vee Market Grilles, Hy-Vee Market Grille Expresses and the Wahlburgers locations that Hy-Vee owns and operates, as well as the cafeteria at Hy-Vee’s West Des Moines corporate office).  The data breach affecting cards used at these locations may […]

On November 7, 2019, the Honorable Judge W. Louis Sands entered an Order Preliminarily Approving Settlement in the case styled In re:  Flowers Foods, Inc. Deriviative Litigation, filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Valdosta Division, Case No. 7:18-CV-00084-WLS.  To view the Order Preliminarily Approving Settlement, click here:   To view the Notice of Settlement, click here: The court scheduled a hearing for final approval of the settlement for February 26, 2020. Settlement website: www.flowerssecuritieslitigation.com If you have any questions about the settlement, you may contact Tiffany Peintner trp@federmanlaw.com or by telephone at (405) […]