D.C. Circuit Won’t Reconsider Ruling Reviving Union’s Suit Over OPM Data Breach

Mealey's (October 23, 2019, 9:48 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A panel ruling that reversed the dismissal of a labor union’s negligence and privacy claims against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and one of its contractors related to a 2015 data breach will stand, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 21 as it denied petitions for rehearing en banc by the agency and contractor (In Re:  U.S. Office of Personnel Management Data Security Breach Litigation, Nos. 17-5217 & 17-5232, D.C. Cir.)....