Hiscox Insurance Company Inc. et al v. Warden Grier, LLP

  1. March 31, 2022

    Jury Clears Warden Grier Over Data Breach Response

    A Kansas City federal jury unanimously cleared Warden Grier LLP of liability Thursday in a trial accusing the small law firm of a negligent response to a data hack.

  2. March 30, 2022

    Hack Drove Wedge Between Law Firm And Client, Jury Told

    Cooperation between a hacked law firm and an insurer client crumbled over days and weeks of intense efforts to co-manage technical experts and notify stakeholders, a Missouri federal jury heard Wednesday.

  3. March 29, 2022

    Firm 'Didn't Need' Deep Probe Of Hack Data, Partner Testifies

    A name partner for a hacked law firm told a Kansas City, Missouri, jury on Tuesday that it reacted to the catastrophic event by seeking out experts and ultimately saw no need to hunt for personal information on the compromised server, adding that he "knew we weren't collecting data."

  4. March 28, 2022

    Law Firm Defends Hack Response As Rare Breach Trial Opens

    A law firm accused by its insurer client of mishandling a data hack went to trial Monday, saying it did not violate its standard of care and was actually cut out of the response process.

  5. March 25, 2022

    Rare Trial Over Law Firm Hack To Shed Light On Industry Risk

    A trial set to start Monday in Kansas City, Missouri, will offer a rare behind-the-scenes look at one law firm's allegedly faulty response to a data breach in what experts say could serve as a wake-up call for an industry increasingly at risk of cyberattacks.

  6. December 09, 2021

    Insurer's Data Breach Claims Get Trimmed Before Trial

    A Missouri federal judge handed Warden Grier a partial win by throwing out a breach of fiduciary duty claim levied by Hiscox Insurance Co. over a data hack, though she allowed the insurer's other breach of contract and professional negligence claims to go to trial.

  7. September 16, 2021

    Law Firm Says It Lacked Duty To Tell Hiscox About Breach

    Kansas City personal injury firm Warden Grier LLP has told a Missouri federal judge that it did not have a fiduciary duty to tell its client Hiscox Insurance about a December 2016 data breach, because it believed that keeping the episode quiet would convince hackers not to publish stolen data.

  8. October 08, 2020

    Ex-Judge To Mediate Law Firm Data Breach Fight

    A former Missouri state judge and federal prosecutor has been appointed to mediate a dispute over allegations by an insurance company that Warden Grier LLP mishandled a 2016 cyberattack that exposed private information.

  9. July 23, 2020

    Law Firm Can't Trim Claims In Data Breach Suit

    A Missouri federal judge won't let Warden Grier LLP trim down a suit from an insurance company alleging it mishandled a 2016 cyberattack that exposed private information, saying Thursday that suing a law firm does not turn all the insurer's claims into legal malpractice.

  10. June 01, 2020

    Law Firm Seeks To Trim Insurance Co.'s Data Breach Suit

    A Kansas City personal injury firm being sued by former client Hiscox Insurance for allegedly mishandling a cyberattack argued on Monday that the novel case should be chopped down to a single legal malpractice claim.