Data Breach Class Action Against Compliance Firm Settles For $3 Million

Mealey's (October 14, 2019, 7:31 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A $3 million settlement agreement between a compliance services firm and a class of its clients’ employees whose personally identifiable information (PII) was exposed in a 2018 data breach received final approval from an Illinois federal judge on Oct. 7, the same day a fairness hearing on the agreement was held (Marshall Smith, et al. v. ComplyRight Inc., No. 1:18-cv-04990, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174217)....