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Court Documents for Law Firm Lax Security Case

January 5, 2017

On December 12^th, I posted about the lawsuit filed by Edelson PC against Chicago's Johnson & Bell law firm alleging that lax security put client data at risk. No breach was alleged and it was acknowledged that security vulnerabilities had been fixed.

The lawsuit has moved into a confidential arbitration and it is likely that we will never learn the outcome. But the court documents are available for review – hat tip to colleague Lance Johnson – and I have posted them here.

According to the complaint, "Johnson & Bell has injured its clients by charging and collecting market-rate attorneys' fees without providing industry standard protections for client confidentiality."

That is really the heart of the argument and I am still dubious that such suits will succeed where no breach or damage can be shown, especially where the law firm took steps to remediate the insecurities when they became known.

Nonetheless, happy reading and see what you think of Edelson's arguments.

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