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Consumer Law
Consumer Protection
Breach of Implied Contract

In re Yapstone Data Breach

Published: Jun. 3, 2017 | Result Date: Mar. 2, 2017 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: 4:15-cv-04429-JSW Settlement –  Equitable Settlement

Court

USDC Northern


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Robert R. Ahdoot
(Ahdoot & Wolfson PC)

Tina Wolfson
(Ahdoot & Wolfson PC)


Defendant

Ronald I. Raether
(Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP)

Jessica R. Lohr
(Troutman Sanders LLP)

Hsiao C. Mao
(Troutman Sanders LLP)


Facts

Plaintiffs brought a consolidated class action against Yapstone Holdings Inc., an online payments service provider, following a data breach in which the personally identifiable information of some of its users may have been exposed.

Contentions

PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs contended that defendant violated state consumer protection statutes, state data breach notification statutes and other state specific statutes. It was also negligent, committed breach of implied contract, and was unjustly enriched.

DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS:
Defendant contended that no personally identifiable information was extracted or misused.

Result

Pursuant to the settlement reached between the parties, eligible class members may receive 12 months of identity monitoring service from Experian at no charge.


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