Wengui v. Clark Hill Plc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GUO WENGUI, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-3195 (JEB) CLARK HILL, PLC, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Malicious cyberattacks have unfortunately become a routine part of our modern digital world. So have the lawsuits that follow them, alleging, as this one does, that the hacked institution failed to take sufficient precautions to protect the plaintiff’s data. During such litigation, disputes frequently arise over whether documents generated by the defendant in the wake of a data breach — e.g., forensic reports, analyses, and…