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IN RE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) DATA THEFT LITIGATION

Misc. Action No. 06-0506. MDL No. 1796.

653 F.Supp.2d 58 (2009)

In re DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) DATA THEFT LITIGATION. This Document Relates to all Cases.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Rosinski, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Columbia, SC, Donald A. Cockrill, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Greenville, SC, Marc D. Mezibov, Christian A. Jenkins, Minnillo & Jenkins Co., LPA, Jeffrey S. Goldenberg, John C. Murdock, Murdock Goldenberg Schneider & Groh, LPA, Cincinnati, OH, Gary Edward Mason, Mason LLP, Washington, DC, Mark D. Smilow, Weiss & Lurie, New York, NY, Micah S. Adkins, Massey Stotser & Nichols, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs.

Eric R. Womack, Heather R. Phillips, David Michael Glass, Ori Lev, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM

JAMES ROBERTSON, District Judge.

In May 2006, burglars stole a laptop and an external hard drive from the home of an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The external hard drive contained the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of some 26.5 million veterans and their spouses. Affected veterans brought three separate federal class action suits, alleging violations of the Privacy Act, the Administrative Procedure...

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