LABMD, INC. v. TIVERSA HOLDING CORP. et al

  1. March 30, 2023

    LabMD's Defamation Claims Over 'Public' File Can Continue

    A defunct cancer-screening lab can continue its defamation suit against a cybersecurity firm and its CEO, after a Pennsylvania federal judge said the CEO's statements about a patient-data file being "public" or "exposed" were capable of defamatory meaning.

  2. February 05, 2021

    LabMD Held In Contempt For Multiple Sanctions Violations

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has found LabMD in civil contempt for failing to abide by a pair of sanctions orders in its defamation suit against Tiversa Inc., ruling that the defunct cancer screening lab has refused to pay tens of thousands of dollars in attorney fees it owes to the cybersecurity firm for its misconduct.

  3. August 19, 2019

    LabMD Sanctioned Over Tiversa Defamation Deposition

    A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge has hit LabMD with sanctions over its deposition questioning, and gave the company a final warning that any more attempts to use discovery in a defamation suit against Tiversa Inc. to bolster separate litigation would result in the case getting thrown out.

  4. July 15, 2019

    LabMD's Bid For Tiversa Records Shot Down As 'Overreach'

    A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge said Monday that LabMD had made an "unwarranted overreach" with dozens of discovery requests that appeared related to other litigation between the shuttered urology lab and cybersecurity firm Tiversa Holding Corp., rather than the defamation case between the companies that's currently before the court.

  5. July 02, 2019

    Tiversa Wants LabMD Sanctioned Over Deposition Questions

    Cybersecurity company Tiversa on Tuesday urged a Pennsylvania court to sanction LabMD for engaging in "fishing expeditions" during recent depositions that allegedly strayed from the confines of a recent court order.

  6. May 28, 2019

    Pa. Judge Slams LabMD For Asking To Delay Defamation Case

    A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge chided LabMD Inc. Tuesday for seeking to delay a long-running federal defamation case by another 10 months with an emergency motion filed late on Memorial Day, and instead gave the company until June 14 to complete the deposition of a whistleblower and until July 1 for all other discovery.

  7. May 08, 2018

    Pa. Fed. Judge Rejects LabMD's Call To Step Away From Suit

    A federal magistrate in Pennsylvania on Tuesday piggybacked on another judge's decision in denying LabMD Inc.'s bid for the magistrate's recusal from its defamation and fraud suit against Tiversa.

  8. May 03, 2018

    Tiversa Fights To Keep Magistrate Judge In LabMD Suit

    Cybersecurity firm Tiversa on Wednesday hit back against LabMD Inc.'s push for the recusal of a magistrate judge overseeing a suit in which it claims Tiversa stole patient files in an effort to blackmail the medical testing company and lied to the Federal Trade Commission to provoke action against LabMD when it refused to pay up.

  9. April 24, 2018

    LabMD Says Judge Biased, Must Recuse In Tiversa Suit

    LabMD said Monday in a defamation suit against Tiversa, which allegedly made false claims about it to the Federal Trade Commission, that the magistrate judge handling the case is biased because she has consistently ruled against it and in favor of the cybersecurity firm, requiring a recusal.

  10. July 17, 2017

    LabMD Denied Quick Appeal In Tiversa Data Theft Suit

    LabMD can't appeal a ruling that tossed most of its defamation and fraud claims in its dispute with cybersecurity firm Tiversa over a leaked patient data file, with a Pennsylvania federal judge finding on Friday that an interlocutory appeal to the Third Circuit would only serve to prolong the long-running litigation.

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