Two Years After Webb: First Circuit Courts Find Standing in Data Breach Class Actions

The First Circuit’s 2023 decision in Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC has become a touchstone for courts analyzing Article III standing in data breach class actions. In a previous post, we discussed why Webb revived a previously dismissed data breach class action. Since Webb, the District of Massachusetts repeatedly cited the decision’s reasoning to find lost time and mitigation efforts sufficient to constitute concrete injury—even where plaintiffs did not allege actual misuse of personal…
By: Pierce Atwood LLP