David S. Almeida, Founder & Managing Partner of Almeida Law Group LLC, was recently appointed—along with Laura Van Note of Cole & Van Note and Brandon M. Wise of Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise, LLP—by US District Court Judge Sunil R. Harjani to serve as Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel in a consolidated class action lawsuit against Aspen Dental Management Inc., WellNow Urgent Care, P.C., TAG – The Aspen Group and Physicians Immediate Care LLC. The class action lawsuit arises out of a data security incident in which highly sensitive private information including Social Security numbers, was exposed due to Aspen’s failure to implement and to follow basic security procedures.

The case, captioned Tambroni v. WellNow Urgent Care, P.C., et al., and assigned case number 1:24-cv-01595, is currently pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.