40 Class Action Law Suits From Anthem Inc. Data Breach

Hailed as a victory for plaintiff’s lawyers, class actions are proceeding for data breaches at Target and Sony. Since the February breach at Anthem, more than 40 class action lawsuits have been filed. 

Legal experts say data breach cases move forward when the plaintiff can allege:

• “Statutory damages, such as a particular state’s data-breach law, or
• if there are known sales of stolen identities on the black market”
  National Law Journal