The legal consequences of cyberattacks, such as class-action lawsuits on behalf of victim third-parties, are a growing worry of business owners, and businesses without cyber insurance are vulnerable to cybercrime and any consequential litigation, according to Solace Insurance.

The predominantly female 5,000 school safety agents in New York City have signed on to a class action lawsuit accusing the city of paying them less than special officers who perform similar work at homeless shelters and hospitals, a force that is predominantly male. 

A putative class action lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Louisville, Ky., in connection with a hacking incident over the weekend that led to the access of personal information on 24 million customers of Zappos.com, a unit of Amazon.com Inc.