Protected Health Information Data Breaches Under HHS Investigation

Feb 19, 2020 | Consumer Protection, Employment & Technology Archive

Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making individuals aware of the following data breach cases of unsecured protected health information affecting 500 or more individuals currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights:

Source: Ocrportal.hhs.gov (Accessed 02.19.2020)

NOTE: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Breach Portal, lists all breaches reported within the last 24 months that are currently under investigation by the Office for Civil Rights.  The data reported herein does not include all cases currently under investigation by the Office for Civil Rights.  Resolved data breach reports and/or reports older than 24 months can be viewed at Ocrportal.hhs.gov. 

Have You Been Impacted by A Data Breach?

If so, please either contact Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. Partner Michael Yarnoff, Esq., (215) 792-6676, Ext. 804, [email protected], complete the form on the right or send an e-mail to [email protected] for a free, no-obligation case evaluation of your facts to determine whether your privacy rights have been violated and whether there is a basis for a data privacy class action.

Examples of the type of relief sought by data privacy class actions, include, but are not limited to, reimbursement of identity theft losses and of out-of-pocket costs paid by data breach victims for protective measures such as credit monitoring services, credit reports, and credit freezes; compensation for time spent responding to the breach; imposition of credit monitoring services and identity theft insurance, paid for by the defendant company; and improvements to the defendant company’s data security systems.

Data privacy class actions are brought on a contingent-fee basis; thus, plaintiffs and the class members do not pay out-of-pocket attorney’s fees or litigation costs.  Subject to court approval, attorney’s fees and litigation costs are derived from the recovery obtained for the class.

Kehoe Law Firm, P.C.

Robocalls – TCPA Action: Round Sky, Inc. d/b/a Cashadvanceusa.net

Feb 19, 2020 | Consumer Protection, Employment & Technology Archive

Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making consumers aware of the following Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) class action lawsuit filing:

Round Sky Inc., d/b/a Cashadvanceusa.net

Class action lawsuit filed February 17, 2020 in United States District Court, Southern District of California, against Round Sky, Inc., d/b/a Cashadvanceusa.net, and other defendants, as of yet unknown, for, allegedly, “negligently, knowingly, and/or willfully contacting Plaintiff on Plaintiff’s cellular telephone in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.”

According to the complaint, Round Sky, Inc., d/b/a Cashadvanceusa.net, “a marketing company,” utilized “an ‘automatic telephone dialing system’ . . . to place its call to Plaintiff [from (773) 869-0931] to solicit its services,” despite, allegedly, not having Plaintiff’s “‘prior express consent’ to receive calls using an automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice on [Plaintiff’s] cellular telephone.”

Do You Believe You Are a Victim of Illegal Robocalls, Text Messages, “Junk” Faxes or Telemarketing Sales Calls?

If you have received illegal robocalls, text messages, “junk” faxes or telemarketing sales calls, you may be able to recover at least $500 for each illegal call, text or fax you received and, possibly, as much as $1,500 for each illegal call, text message or facsimile that was made either willfully or knowingly in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

To help evaluate your potential legal claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, please complete KLF’s confidential Robocall Questionnaire or, if you prefer to speak with an attorney, please complete the form above on the right, e-mail [email protected] or contact Michael Yarnoff, Esq., [email protected], (215) 792-6676, Ext. 804, for a free, no-obligation evaluation of your potential legal rights.

Kehoe Law Firm, P.C.

Robocalls – TCPA Actions: Loanpal, Cardenas Marketing Network

Feb 19, 2020 | Consumer Protection, Employment & Technology Archive

Kehoe Law Firm, P.C. is making consumers aware of the following Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) class action lawsuit filings:

Loanpal, LLC

Class action lawsuit filed on February 18, 2020 in United States District Court for the Central District of California, against Loanpal, LLC to, among other things, “stop [Loanpal’s alleged] practice of placing calls using an ‘automatic telephone dialing system’ . . . to the telephones of consumers nationwide without their prior express consent” and “stop [Loanpal] from calling consumers who are registered on the National Do Not Call Registry.”

According to the class action complaint, Loanpal, “a lending company that offers loans for home purchase, mortgage refinancing, home improvement, and solar installation,” in an effort “to promote its business and generate leads for its loan products . . . conducted (and continues to conduct) a wide scale telemarketing campaign that repeatedly makes unsolicited autodialed and/or pre-recorded calls to consumers’ telephones, as well as making such calls to consumers who are registered on the National Do Not Call list, all without any prior express consent to make these calls.”

The class action complaint alleges that the Plaintiff, whose cellular telephone number is registered on the National Do Not Call list, “received multiple phone calls from (818) 200-0320.” The Plaintiff, allegedly, has never consented to receiving calls from Loanpal and “has never provided any form of prior express written or oral consent to [Loanpal] to place autodialed calls to him and has no business relationship with [Loanpal].”

Cardenas Marketing Network, Inc.

Class action complaint filed on February 18, 2020 in United States District Court, Central District of California, against Cardenas Marketing Network, Inc. and other defendants, as of yet unknown, for, allegedly, “transmitting unsolicited, autodialed SMS or MMS text messages, en masse, to Plaintiff’s cellular device and the cellular devices of numerous other individuals across the country, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.”

According to the class action complaint, “[f]or over at least the past year, continuing through the present, Defendants transmitted or caused to be transmitted, by itself or through an intermediary or intermediaries, numerous SMS or MMS text messages to the [Plaintiff’s cellular telephone number] without Plaintiff’s prior express written consent.”

Two examples in the complaint of text messages the Plaintiff received from telephone number (844) 629-4042, a telephone number, allegedly, leased by Cardenas Marketing Network or another defendant, as of yet unknown, or an agent or affiliate of one of the defendants, are as follows:

Do You Believe You Are a Victim of Illegal Robocalls, Text Messages, “Junk” Faxes or Telemarketing Sales Calls?

If you have received illegal robocalls, text messages, “junk” faxes or telemarketing sales calls, you may be able to recover at least $500 for each illegal call, text or fax you received and, possibly, as much as $1,500 for each illegal call, text message or facsimile that was made either willfully or knowingly in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

To help evaluate your potential legal claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, please complete KLF’s confidential Robocall Questionnaire or, if you prefer to speak with an attorney, please complete the form above on the right, e-mail [email protected] or contact Michael Yarnoff, Esq., [email protected], (215) 792-6676, Ext. 804, for a free, no-obligation evaluation of your potential legal rights.

Kehoe Law Firm, P.C.