After hackers stole the data of 330,000 taxpayers from an IRS database earlier this year, the federal agency now is requesting that the circuit court hearing the class action suit dismiss the case in its entirety.
The IRS alleges the court does not have jurisdiction over the claims for three reasons: the claims are preempted by the IRS Code; the IRS is immune from liability under the doctrine of sovereign immunity; and the taxpayers have not proven any actual injury by the data breach.
via IRS seeks dismissal of data breach case | Legal News Line
