$1.4M Kerber, Eck & Braeckel Settlement Ends Class Action Lawsuit Over 2023 Data Breach
by Chloe Gocher
Umberger et al. v. Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP
Filed: August 21, 2024 ◆§ 2024LA000198
A $1.4M class action settlement ends litigation against Kerber, Eck & Braeckel over a February 2023 data breach.
Tax and accounting firm Kerber, Eck & Braeckel (KEB) will pay $1.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit over a February 2023 data breach that may have exposed the personal and health data of approximately 103,645 people.
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The Kerber, Eck & Braeckel class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on July 28, 2025 and covers all U.S. residents whose private information was identified by KEB as having been actually or potentially compromised, accessed or otherwise impacted in the February 2023 data breach.
The court-approved website for the KEB settlement can be found at KEBDataSettlement.com.
According to the class action settlement website, KEB settlement class members who submit a timely, valid claim form can receive credit monitoring, up to $10,000 in reimbursement for economic losses related to the data breach and a pro rata (equal share) payment from the remainder of the $1.4 million settlement fund. The court estimates that the individual payout amount for each eligible class member will be about $50.
The credit monitoring offered by the KEB settlement includes two years of three-bureau credit monitoring services. Class members seeking to claim this benefit must provide a valid email address to which an enrollment code for the service can be sent, the settlement site relays.
Class members can only claim reimbursement for data breach-related losses if the losses have not already been reimbursed by another source. Class members must also submit reasonable documentation for each loss they seek to claim. According to court documents, claimable losses may include:
- Professional fees, including attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees and fees for credit repair services;
- Credit monitoring costs incurred between January 27, 2023 and the date the claim is submitted;
- Losses related to fraud or identity theft;
- Costs associated with freezing or unfreezing credit with any credit reporting agency; and
- Miscellaneous expenses such as postage, notary, mileage, copying, fax and long-distance telephone charges.
To submit a claim form online, class members can visit this page of the settlement website and log in with the unique notice ID and PIN found in their copy of the settlement notice.
Alternatively, a PDF of the claim form is available to print, fill out and mail back to the address listed at the bottom of the first page.
All claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by November 25, 2025.
Kerber, Eck & Braeckel has also agreed, as part of the settlement, to implement additional information security measures to help prevent and combat potential future cyberattacks.
A hearing is scheduled for January 7, 2025 to determine whether the settlement will receive final court approval. Settlement benefits will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.
The Kerber, Eck & Braeckel class action lawsuit claimed that the tax and accounting firm was negligent in its cybersecurity measures, allowing a data breach to occur between January 27 and February 2, 2023 that may have compromised the personal and health data of roughly 103,645 people.
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