November 18, 2024
A Connecticut federal judge awarded $340,000 on Monday to class counsel in a data breach lawsuit against Merritt Healthcare Advisors but criticized their request for $381,250 as out of line with reasonable rates and said some of their work in the case was "sub-par."
October 28, 2024
A Connecticut federal judge has given his final approval to a class action settlement that requires Merritt Healthcare Advisors to pay thousands of people whose personal information was exposed in a data breach.
April 24, 2024
Merritt Healthcare Advisors has pledged a $1.525 million settlement fund for more than 88,000 people whose personal information was exposed in a data breach in 2022, with class counsel at Laukaitis Law LLC and Cole & Van Note in line to receive $508,283, according to a motion for preliminary approval in Connecticut federal court.
January 11, 2024
Merritt Healthcare Advisors is working to finalize a settlement with a proposed class of consumers who claim that the company's lax security allowed cybercriminals to access their personal information, according to a paperless order entered Thursday in the District of Connecticut.
April 18, 2023
A health care company indirectly violated HIPAA security rules and waited nearly four months to inform those affected by a "massive and preventable cyberattack" that revealed the protected health information of at least 77,000 people, a second proposed class action lawsuit alleges.