Final Approval Granted To $42 Million Premera Data Breach Class Action Settlement

Mealey's (March 3, 2020, 1:46 PM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — Seven months after an Oregon federal judge preliminarily approved a $42 million settlement between Premera Blue Cross and a class of its insureds over a 2014 data breach, the judge on March 2 granted final approval, the same day that a fairness hearing was held (In Re:  Premera Blue Cross Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 3:15-md-02633, D. Ore.)....