1. Why was a notice issued?
2. What is this lawsuit about?
3. What is a class action?
4. Why is there a settlement?
5. Who is included in the Settlement?
6. Are there exceptions to being included?
7. What does the Settlement provide?
8. What claims am I releasing if I stay in the Settlement Class?
9. How do I submit a claim for a Settlement benefit?
10. Are there any important Settlement payment deadlines?
11. When will the Settlement benefits be issued?
12. Do I have a lawyer in the case?
13. Should I get my own lawyer?
14. How will Class Counsel be paid?
15. How do I opt-out of the Settlement?
16. How do I tell the Court if I like or do not like the Settlement?
17. What is the difference between objecting and excluding?
18. When is the Court’s Final Approval Hearing?
19. Do I have to come to the Final Approval Hearing?
20. What happens if I do nothing at all?
21. How do I get more information?
The Circuit Court for Broward County, Florida, authorized a notice. You have a right to know about the proposed Settlement of this class action lawsuit, and about all of your options, before the Court decides whether to grant final approval of the Settlement. The Notice explains the lawsuit, your legal rights, what benefits are available, and who can receive them.
The lawsuit is called Sophia Grubb, et al. v. Alera Group, Inc., Case No. CACE25019102. It is pending in the Circuit Court for Broward County, Florida. The people that filed this lawsuit are called the “Plaintiffs” (or “Class Representatives”) and the company they sued, Alera Group, Inc., is called the “Defendant.”
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This lawsuit alleges that during the August 2024 cyberattack on Alera's computer systems, certain files that contained Private Information were potentially accessed. These files may have contained personal information such as names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, demographic information, driver’s licenses, financial accounts, credit card information, passport number, insurance information, medical information, biometric information, usernames, and log-in information.
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In a class action, one or more individuals sue on behalf of other people with similar claims. These individuals are called the “Plaintiffs” or “Class Representatives.” Together, the people included in the class action are called a “Class” or “Class Members.” One court resolves the lawsuit for all Class Members, except for those who opt-out from the Settlement. In this proposed Settlement, the Class Representatives are Denver Hansen; Joseph Spofford; Tim McCullough; Deborah Truempy; Jordan Cox; William Smith; Tim Dubrow; Sophia Grubb; and Michael Imbrogno. Everyone included in this Action are the Settlement Class Members.
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The Court did not decide whether the Plaintiffs or the Defendant are right. Both sides have agreed to a settlement to avoid the costs and risks of a trial, and to allow the Settlement Class Members to receive benefits from the Settlement. The Plaintiffs and their attorneys think the Settlement is best for all Settlement Class Members.
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The Court has defined the Settlement Class this way: “means all living individuals residing in the United States who were sent a notice of the Data Incident indicating that their Private Information may have been impacted in the Data Incident.”
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Yes. Excluded from the Class are: (a) all persons who are directors and officers of Defendant, or their respective subsidiaries and affiliated companies, (b) governmental entities; (c) the Judge assigned to the Action, that Judge’s immediate family, and Court staff; and (d) any Person found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be guilty under criminal law of initiating, causing, aiding, or abetting the Data Security Incident or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to any such charge.
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All Settlement Class Members may claim Financial Data Monitoring and one of two Cash Payment options. The benefits are explained in more detail below.
Financial Data Monitoring. All Settlement Class Members are eligible to enroll in two years of CyEx Medical Shield Complete. This comprehensive service comes with $1 million of medical identity theft insurance, and includes monitoring for:
Fraud or identity theft
High-risk financial transactions
Dark web tracking and alert
Healthcare insurance ID exposure
Medical Record Number (MRN) exposure
Unauthorized Health Savings Account (HSA) spending
If anything suspicious happens, you will be able to talk to a fraud resolution agent to help fix any problems.
Cash Payments. Settlement Class Members who have documented losses may claim one of the payments from Cash Payment A – Documented Losses. Alternatively, Settlement Class Members may claim a one-time payment from Cash Payment B – Alternate Cash. You may claim only one total payment from these options.
Cash Payment A – Documented Losses. If you incurred actual, documented out-of-pocket losses traceable to actual fraud and/or identity theft as a result of the Data Incident, you can get reimbursed up to $3,500.00. The losses must have occurred between July 19, 2024, and June 29, 2026.
This benefit covers out-of-pocket expenses like:
losses because of identity theft or fraud
fees for credit reports, credit monitoring, or freezing and unfreezing your credit
cost to replace your IDs
postage to contact banks by mail
You need to send third-party documentation, like receipts, to show how much you spent or lost. Your personal certifications, declarations, or affidavits do not constitute reasonable documentation to make a valid claim, but you may include that to provide clarification, context, or support for other submitted reasonable third-party documentation showing that your expenses were because of the Data Incident.
You cannot claim a payment for expenses that have already been reimbursed by a third party.
OR
Cash Payment B – Alternate Cash. Instead of Cash Payment A, you may claim a one-time cash payment. This payment is expected to be $50.00 but may be larger or smaller depending on the number of claims filed. You do not have to provide any proof or explanation to claim this payment.
There is a cap of $2,000,000.00 on these benefits. This means that if the total value of benefits claimed is over $2,000,000.00, everyone’s payments will be reduced pro rata so that they add up to $2,000,000.00.
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If you stay in the Settlement Class, you won’t be able to be part of any other lawsuit against Alera or Alera-Related Entities about the issues that this Settlement covers. The “Releases” section of the Settlement Agreement (Section XI) describes the legal claims that you give up if you remain in the Settlement Class. The Settlement Agreement is available here.
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The fastest way to submit your Claim Form is online here. If you prefer, you can download a printable Claim Form here mail it to the Settlement Administrator at:
Alera Data Incident Settlement
c/o Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 25226
Santa Ana, CA 92799-9958
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If you are submitting a Claim Form online, you must do so by June 29, 2026. If you are submitting a claim by U.S. mail, the completed and signed Claim Form, including supporting documentation, must be postmarked no later than June 29, 2026.
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The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing on August 3, 2026 (see FAQ 18). If the Court approves the Settlement, there may be appeals. We do not know if appeals will be filed, or how long it will take to resolve them if they are filed.
Settlement payments will be distributed if the Court grants final approval, and after any appeals are resolved. Please be patient.
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Yes, the Court has appointed attorneys Jeff Ostrow of Kopelowitz Ostrow P.A. and Mariya Weekes of Milberg PLLC, to represent you and other Settlement Class Members (“Class Counsel”).
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You will not be charged for Class Counsel’s services. If you want your own lawyer, you may hire one at your expense.
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Class Counsel will ask the Court to approve up to $2,250,000.00 as reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of litigation. This amount will be paid by Alera.
Class Counsel will also ask for Service Award payments of $2,000.00 for each of the Class Representatives. Service Awards will also be paid by Alera.
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If you do not want to be part of the Settlement, you must formally exclude yourself from the Settlement. This is called an Opt-Out Request.
If you opt-out, you are telling the Court that you do not want to be part of the Settlement. You will not be eligible to receive any Settlement benefits if you opt-out. However, you will keep any rights you may have to sue Alera and/or Alera-Related Entities on your own about the legal issues in this case. The deadline to opt-out from the Settlement is June 29, 2026.
To be valid, your Opt-Out Request must have the following information:
the name of the Litigation: Sophia Grubb, et al. v. Alera Group, Inc., Case No. CACE25019102, pending in the Circuit Court for Broward County, Florida;
your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address;
personal signature;
the words “Opt-Out Request” or a clear and similar statement that you do not want to participate in the Settlement.
You may only exclude yourself—not any other person.
Mail your Opt-Out Request to the Settlement Administrator at:
Alera Data Incident Settlement
ATTN: Exclusion Request
P.O. Box 25226
Santa Ana, CA 92799-9958
Your Opt-Out Request must be submitted, postmarked by June 29, 2026.
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If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not like part or all of the Settlement, you can object to it. Objecting means telling the Court your reasons why you think the Court should not approve the Settlement. The Court will consider your views.
You cannot object if you have opted-out from the Settlement (see Question 15).
You must provide the following information for the Court to consider your objection:
the name of the Litigation: Sophia Grubb, et al. v. Alera Group, Inc., Case No. CACE25019102, pending in the Circuit Court for Broward County, Florida;
your full name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address (if any);
all grounds for the objection, accompanied by any legal support for the objection known to the objector or objector’s counsel;
the number of times the objector has objected to a class action settlement within the 5 years preceding the date that the objector files the objection, the caption of each case in which the objector has made such objection, and a copy of any orders related to or ruling upon the objector’s prior objections that were issued by the trial and appellate courts in each listed case;
the identity of all counsel who represent the objector, including any former or current counsel who may be entitled to compensation for any reason related to the objection to the Settlement and/or Application for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Service Awards;
the number of times in which the objector’s counsel and/or counsel’s law firm have objected to a class action settlement within the 5 years preceding the date of the filed objection, the caption of each case in which counsel or the firm has made such objection and a copy of any orders related to or ruling upon counsel’s or the counsel’s law firm’s prior objections that were issued by the trial and appellate courts in each listed case in which the objector’s counsel and/or counsel’s law firm have objected to a class action settlement within the preceding 5 years;
whether the objector and/or objector’s counsel will appear at the Final Approval Hearing;
a list of all persons who will be called to testify at the Final Approval Hearing in support of the objection (if any);
a statement confirming whether the objector intends to personally appear and/or testify at the Final Approval Hearing;
your signature (if you have hired your own lawyer, their signature is not sufficient).
For your objection to be considered, it must meet each of these requirements.
To be considered by the Court, you must file your complete objection with the Clerk of Court by June 29, 2026. You must also send a copy of the objection by U.S. Mail to the Settlement Administrator, Class Counsel, and Defendant’s Counsel.
Clerk of the Court | Settlement Administrator |
Clerk of the Court | Alera Data Incident Settlement |
Class Counsel | Counsel for Defendants |
Jeff Ostrow | Claudia D. McCarron |
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Objecting is telling the Court that you do not like something about the Settlement. You can object to the Settlement only if you do not opt-out from the Settlement. Opting out from the Settlement is stating to the Court that you do not want to be part of the Settlement. If you opt-out of the Settlement, you cannot object to it because the Settlement no longer affects you.
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The Court will hold a final approval on August 3, 2026, at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time, at the Broward County Courthouse, via Zoom Meeting.
At the Final Approval Hearing, the Court will decide whether to approve the Settlement. The Court will also decide Class Counsel’s request for an attorneys’ fees and costs award and the request for a Service Award to the Class Representatives. The Court will also consider any timely objections to the Settlement.
If you are a Settlement Class Member, you or your lawyer may ask permission to speak at the hearing at your own cost (see FAQ 16).
The date and time of this hearing may change without further notice. Please check this website for updates.
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No. Class Counsel will answer any questions the Court may have. You may attend at your own expense if you wish, but you do not have to.
If you file an objection, you do not have to come to the Final Approval Hearing to talk about it; the Court will consider it as long as it was filed on time. You may also pay your own lawyer to attend, but you do not have to.
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If you do nothing, you will not receive a benefit from this Settlement. You will also give up the rights described in FAQ 8.
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This website and the Notice are a summary of the proposed Settlement. The full Settlement Agreement and other related documents are available on the Important Documents page.
You can obtain copies of publicly filed documents by visiting the office of the Clerk of the Court, 201 SE 6th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301.
Do not contact the Court or Clerk of Court regarding this Settlement.
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