A review of trends in litigation

As election season comes to a close, there is one thing we can all agree on: Even with tight security measures, our confidential data can be compromised.

Striding alongside this increase in data breaches, plaintiffs have devised new and creative arguments under a variety of legal theories in a constant attempt to expand the scope of liability for companies.

The following outlines the arguments that plaintiffs recently made against companies in the event of a data breach and how courts addressed…