Litigating Data Breach Cases in 2025 (Presented by The Federal Bar Annual Meeting & Convention 2025 sponsor Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP)

Kate Baxter-Kauf, Partner | Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP

Ms. Baxter-Kauf’s practice is concentrated in the firm’s data breach, antitrust law, business litigation, and securities litigation practice groups. She represents individuals, consumers, financial institutions and small businesses in litigation to protect their rights and, most often, the rights of the class members they seek to represent. Ms. Baxter-Kauf is a 2011 magna cum laude and Order of the Coif graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School. In 2018, she was one of only five attorneys nationally named a Rising Star by Law360 in the area of Cybersecurity & Privacy, was recognized as an Up & Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer magazine in 2016, and for each of 2015-2021, has been named one of Minnesota’s Rising Stars by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Baxter-Kauf clerked for the Honorable Alan C. Page, the Honorable Helen M. Meyer, and the Honorable Christopher J. Dietzen, Associate Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Before law school, Ms. Baxter-Kauf was an award-winning coach of high school and college policy debate teams across the country and facilitated debate teams at Twin Cities urban middle and high schools. She coached the 2003 National Forensic League policy debate national champions.

Karen Hanson Riebel, Partner | Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP

Karen Hanson Riebel concentrates her practice in the areas of data breach, antitrust, and securities litigation. She has litigated a number of complex class action matters and represented numerous pension funds and other institutional investors in cases involving corporate fraud. Since 2013, she has been on the forefront of international data breach litigation, representing consumers and financial institutions against retailers, insurance companies, and software providers.

Ms. Riebel began her career by spending seven months in Anchorage, Alaska as a member of the trial team that secured a jury verdict for punitive damages in the amount of $5 billion for a mandatory punitive damages class in In re The Exxon Valdez, Case No. A89-0095-CV (D. Alaska). For their efforts, Ms. Riebel and the other members of the trial team were awarded the Trial Lawyers’ For Public Justice Trial Lawyers of the Year award in 1994.

Most recently, Ms. Riebel has served in leadership roles in data breach litigation involving Premera Blue Cross, Capital One, Yahoo!, and Progress (the MoveIt Data Breach). Ms. Riebel lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two children.

Emma Ritter Gordon, Associate | Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP

Emma Ritter Gordon is an Associate at Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP practicing in the firm’s data-breach and healthcare groups. She represents consumers and healthcare providers in individual and class litigation. Since joining LGN, she has represented pro bono clients with criminal appeals before the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

After graduating summa cum laude from Duke Law School, Emma clerked at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals for the Honorable Judge David R. Stras. At Duke, she served as the Senior Articles Editor for the Duke Law Journal and as Co-President of the Duke Law and Technology Society. She has interned at the Department of Justice in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and at the North Carolina Solicitor General’s Office.

Before going to law school, Emma worked for a major healthcare technology company. She held a variety of roles in operational strategy, data analysis, and product management. Her experience working with large datasets of sensitive health data informs her approach to legal issues involving data privacy and cybersecurity.

I. Macro Trends in Data Breach Litigation | 2:00pm – 2:05pm

II. Article III Standing: Injury in Fact for Data Breach Victims | 2:05pm – 2:15pm

III. Article III Standing: Traceability for Data Breach Victims | 2:15pm – 2:25pm

IV. Choice of Law: Common Law Claims in Nationwide Data Breach Class Actions | 2:25pm – 2:35pm

V. Choice of Law: State Statutory Claims in Nationwide Data Breach Class Actions | 2:35pm – 2:45pm

VI. Case Management for Complex Data Breach Litigation | 2:45pm – 2:50pm

VII. Case Management Case Study: Bellwether Cases in In re MOVEit | 2:50pm – 2:55pm

VIII. Key Data Breach Cases to Watch in the District of Minnesota | 2:55pm – 2:58pm

IX. Key Data Breach Cases to Watch across the Country | 2:58pm – 3:00pm