Union Asks D.C. Circuit To Deny OPM’s Rehearing Motion In Data Breach Suit

Mealey's (October 3, 2019, 1:36 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel correctly reversed the dismissal of its privacy and negligence claims against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and one of its contractors related to a 2015 data breach, a plaintiff labor union and a group of government employees assert in a Sept. 30 brief opposing the agency’s motion for rehearing, arguing that the appeals court correctly found that the plaintiffs have standing to sue based on identity theft and fraud that they have already experienced as a result of their personally identifiable information (PII) being stolen in the breach (In Re:  U.S. Office of Personnel Management Data Security Breach Litigation, Nos. 17-5217 & 17-5232, D.C. Cir.)....