Jordan S. Elias
Girard Sharp LLP
- Address of record
- 601 California street, Suite 1400, San Francisco, CA 94108, (415) 981-4800
- Phone
- (415) 981-4800
- Fax
- Fax (415) 981-4846
Contact details as filed with the court in the cases below.
Case history
Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.
MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Settlement
Cadence Bank used a third-party file transfer application called MOVEit Transfer that had a security vulnerability. This vulnerability led to a data breach between May 28, 2023 and May 31, 2023, where personally identifying information of customers was compromised. Cadence began notifying affected individuals in September 2023.
- Claim deadline
- June 4, 2026
- Represents
- Cynthia Scott
MOVEit Nuance Data Security Breach Settlement
Nuance Communications, Inc. experienced a data security breach between May 27-31, 2023, affecting personally identifiable information of customers. The breach resulted from an alleged vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, third-party file transfer software that Nuance used in its ordinary business operations. Nuance is settling claims related to this 2023 MOVEit Security Incident, though litigation against Progress Software Corporation (the MOVEit software licensor) continues.
- Claim deadline
- March 30, 2026
- Represents
- Cynthia Scott
TMX Data Security Settlement
TMX Finance Corporate Services, Inc. and TMX Finance LLC experienced a data security breach that accessed, stole, impacted, or compromised customers' personal information. TMX is settling claims related to this data breach without admitting wrongdoing.
- Claim deadline
- August 6, 2025
- Represents
- Sophia Pickens
Lakeview Loan Servicing Data Breach Settlement
Bayview Asset Management, Lakeview Loan Servicing, Pingora Loan Servicing, and Community Loan Servicing are settling a lawsuit related to an alleged data breach affecting their customers. The defendants have agreed to pay $26,000,000 to resolve the claims.
- Settlement fund
- $26M
- Claim deadline
- June 22, 2026
- Represents
- Evelyn Rivera, Alishia Cartagena, Doreen Endress, Judith Cefaly, Albert Brumitt, Cathryne Fera
MacBook Keyboard Settlement
Apple sold MacBook laptops between 2015 and 2019 with defective "Butterfly" keyboards that allegedly caused characters to repeat unexpectedly, letters or characters not to appear, and keys to feel sticky or unresponsive. Apple denies all allegations and asserts that the settlement is not an admission of guilt or wrongdoing.
- Settlement fund
- $50M
- Claim deadline
- March 6, 2023
- Represents
- Zixuan Rao, Kyle Barbaro, Joey Baruch, Diego Binatena, Steve Eakin, Kevin Melkowski, Lorenzo Ferguson, Michael Hopkins, Benjamin Gulker, Adam Lee, Bo Laurent, Ashley Marin
“Recovery” and “exposure” refer to total disclosed settlement funds in associated cases, not money personally won or lost by an attorney. Settlements generally resolve disputed allegations without a finding that either side won. Data comes from public court dockets and may be incomplete.