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BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER, LLP (“Bryan Cave”)

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NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Bryan Cave, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

stock illus for Bryan Cave data breachOn June 15, 2023, Bryan Cave publicly announced that it suffered a data breach impacting more than 51,000 individuals and informing them that their Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) was accessed by unauthorized individuals (“Data Breach”). On June 15, 2023 Bryan Cave disclosed that “on February 27, 2023, it detected unauthorized access to its systems, including an area it used to store certain customer files” and that this “access occurred from February 23, 2023 until March 1, 2023.” After conducting an investigation of the incident, Bryan Cave found that the unauthorized party acquired certain sensitive personal data during the Data Breach. Bryan Cave stated that the types of PII accessed by the unauthorized individuals included “social security number[s], first and last name[s], address[es], date[s] of birth, marital status, gender[s], employee identification number[s], and Mondelēz retirement and/or thrift plan[s] information.” Bryan Cave is a large international law firm based in Missouri. Bryan Cave offers a wide variety of legal services and employs more than 1200 mergers & acquisitions, real estate, financial services, litigation, and corporate attorneys across 31 offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. According to the Bryan Cave’s public announcement and the Office of the Maine Attorney General’s Website, approximately 51,110 individuals throughout California and the United States were exposed. If you received a Notice of Data Breach Letter from Bryan Cave, then you were impacted by the Data Breach. Bryan Cave stated in its announcement that it plans to offer credit monitoring and identity protection services to victims of the Data Breach through Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit Plus 1B for two years. WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED? According to Bryan Cave, the following information was exposed:
  • Social Security Number
  • First and Last Name
  • Address
  • Date of Birth
  • Marital Status
  • Gender
  • Employee Identification Number
  • Retirement and/or Thrift Plan Information
This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Bryan Cave, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

Settlement - $3,767,000

Truck Accident

A 20-year-old man who had been married for just 12 days left home on his way to work. He was driving on Pleasant Grove Road in Sutter County in the early morning when he came upon a slow-moving truck. As he pulled out to pass the truck, the truck driver turned left in front of him. The young man attempted to steer back into his lane but his vehicle struck an un-flagged piece of metal extending from the back of the truck. He died in the resulting crash.

Expert witnesses brought in by the Arnold Law Firm proved that the truck, owned and operated by a hauling firm, should never have been on the highway that morning. Specifically, the rear and side turn signals did not work and the rear-view mirror was in a poor state of adjustment at the time of the collision. As a result, the driver, who had failed to properly inspect the vehicle before setting out that morning, couldn’t see the young man’s vehicle as it attempted to pass.

The poor condition of the truck, its lack of maintenance and the manner in which it was operated were found to be substantial factors in causing the collision that killed the young man. The testimony also established that the man had been making a lawful pass at the lawful speed limit and acted reasonably when he attempted to avoid the collision.

The man’s 20-year-old widow was awarded $3,767,000.77, his parents were awarded $185,131 and the family was reimbursed $11,899 in funeral expenses. Though money is a poor substitute for a young man’s life, this verdict demonstrates that drivers who endanger the lives of others will be held accountable for their actions.