5th Circuit Affirms Remand Of Data Breach Suit Against Health Care Provider

( February 11, 2026, 12:42 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the remand of a putative class action against a Texas health care provider for allegedly failing to protect patient data from a cyberattack, writing that a federal statute allowing removal and substitution of the United States as defendant for private health centers receiving federal funds did not apply to this case in which the center was facing claims for a “criminal data breach.”...