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VT.Breaches and incidents

Holland & Knight reports data breach to Vermont attorney general after social-engineering attack

Holland & Knight reported a data breach to the Vermont Attorney General on October 8, 2026, listing Social Security numbers and one Vermont resident, Cybernews and Law360 reported. The firm said in September that an attacker used social engineering to gain unauthorized remote access to a firm computer and obtained a small number of files affecting 14 clients, who were notified.

Report (Cybernews) → · Law360, NonbillableOct. 10

VT.Breaches and incidents

Squire Patton Boggs reports breach of client-held personal data including Social Security numbers

Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP reported a data breach to the Vermont Attorney General on October 8, 2026, listing Social Security numbers and two Vermont residents, Cybernews and Law360 reported. The firm's consumer notice, filed with Massachusetts regulators, says files affected by a cybersecurity incident contained personal information it held for a client, which it confirmed on September 25, 2026.

Report (Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation) → · Cybernews, Law360Oct. 10

U.S. FEDLitigation

Eight states sue Trump administration and Bluepoint Wind over $765 million offshore wind lease buyout

New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of eight states sued the Department of the Interior, federal officials, and Bluepoint Wind in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday. The eighty-one-page complaint challenges a $765 million Judgment Fund settlement that canceled Bluepoint's 2.4-gigawatt New York Bight offshore wind lease. The states allege the agreement illegally diverts taxpayer funds to a liquefied natural gas project, violating federal energy and environmental statutes.

Filing (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York) → · Associated Press, The Morning Call, Office of the New York State Attorney GeneralSept. 22