Insurer’s Claims Against Law Firm Over Data Breach Survive Summary Judgment

Mealey's (December 10, 2021, 12:52 PM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An insurer demonstrated that its former law firm “owed it a general duty of care arising out of the attorney client relationship,” a Missouri federal judge ruled Dec. 8, partly denying the firm’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit over a 2020 data breach that exposed policyholders’ data, with the judge leaving factual questions about the firm’s specific duties to a jury....