Berman Tabacco is Interim Co-Liaison Counsel representing plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Shields Health Care Group, Inc. (“Shields”), a provider of healthcare services in the New England Region, including Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. The action alleges that on June 7, 2022, Shields announced a security incident had occurred between March 7, 2022 and March 21, 2022, which potentially exposed private and protected information of its patients, including patients’ names, dates of birth, home address, provider information, diagnosis, Social Security numbers, billing information, insurance number and information, medical record number, patient ID and other medical or treatment information (the “Data Breach”). The action further alleges that the Data Breach was a direct result of Defendant’s failure to implement adequate and reasonable cybersecurity procedures and protocols necessary to protect patients’ private information.
