High Court Dismisses Cert Petition Seeking Review Of Data Breach Standing Decision

( May 28, 2026, 8:49 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a joint motion to dismiss a petition for a writ of certiorari in putative class action litigation arising from an insurer’s data breach in which hackers gained access to nearly 3 million driver’s license numbers after the parties reached a settlement resolving the underlying dispute, leaving in place a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that two named plaintiffs had Article III standing to seek damages based on the dark web posting of their driver’s license numbers....