Officers and directors of companies that have had data breaches have become targets of litigation through shareholder derivative claims since the consumer class-action claims have had a difficult time making it past the causation of harm threshold. Those officers and directors may now sigh in relief, if only briefly, following a November 30, 2016, ruling by the District Court in the Home Depot Shareholder Derivative Litigation dismissing the shareholders’ claims against the officers and directors. (Court’s Order) Continue reading “Home Depot Data Breach Shareholder Derivative Suit Against Directors Fails”
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