Settlement Of Health Care Concierge Workers’ Phishing Suit Preliminarily Approved

Mealey's (January 28, 2019, 4:03 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The proposed settlement of a class action against a health care concierge by employees whose personally identifiable information (PII) was compromised in a 2017 phishing incident received preliminary approval Jan. 24 from Pennsylvania federal judge, who found “that an initial presumption of fairness” had been established in the defendant’s agreement to reimburse affected employees and to make certain technological and security improvements (Tashica Fulton-Green, et al. v. Accolade Inc., No. 2:18-cv-00274, E.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11149)....