Data Breach Class Suits Against Health Care Provider, IT Vendor Consolidated

(August 2, 2024, 10:26 AM EDT) -- SCRANTON, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has consolidated nine putative class actions against Geisinger Health and its third-party information technology services vendor stemming from the Nov. 29 discovery that a former employee of the vendor had accessed and acquired the personally identifiable information (PII) and personal health information (PHI) of individuals who received health care from the provider....