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Technology,
Data Privacy,
Civil Litigation

May 25, 2022

Retirement trust sues San Francisco cybersecurity company

In the wake of the July 2021 Supreme Court decision Goldman Sachs Grp. v. Arkansas Teachers’ Retirement Sys., class actions by public employee trust plaintiffs, such as those found in the recently filed case, have begun to trickle out.

The City of Miami Firefighter and Police Officer Retirement Trust sued San Francisco cybersecurity and identity solutions company Okta Inc., filing in the Northern District of California claims of federal security law violations.

The complaint filed Monday alleges that the company purposely misled the public as to the severity of a data breach that happened in January 2022, and the revelation that hundreds of customers were at risk caused ...

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