Zappos Tells 9th Circuit Data Breach Class Claims Were Properly Dismissed

Mealey's (April 4, 2017, 12:59 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In an April 3 appellee brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, online retailer Zappos.com Inc. argues that a trial court correctly dismissed some of the putative claims related to a 2012 data breach for lack of standing because the plaintiffs failed to establish any imminent, concrete harm attributable to the theft of their personally identifiable information (PII) (Theresa Stevens, et al. v Zappos.com Inc., No. 16-16860, 9th Cir.)....