Blackbaud, Inc.

This docket consolidates claims arising from a 2020 ransomware attack and data breach at Blackbaud, a software vendor providing donor-management and customer relationship management services to nonprofits, universities, and healthcare organizations, which exposed personal information belonging to the customers, donors, and patients of Blackbaud's many downstream client organizations. Centralized in the District of South Carolina, the docket carries 26 pending actions six years later — a structure similar to other vendor-breach MDLs, where the claim population spans individuals connected to the breach only through their relationship with one of Blackbaud's many institutional clients.

For a funder, the vendor-breach structure again means claim-specific diligence should account for which downstream institution's data was implicated and what categories of information (donor records, alumni data, patient information) were exposed for a given claimant, since Blackbaud served a wide range of client types with differing data sensitivity. Standing and damages-methodology questions common to data-breach litigation generally have had six years to develop in this proceeding, providing a more established framework than a fresh filing would offer.

As a data-exposure matter, medical-lien considerations do not apply even where the underlying breach touched healthcare-affiliated client data. For a claimant group or firm with claims tied to a specific Blackbaud client organization, Criterica Capital's commercial litigation finance line is the applicable structure, with diligence focused on the specific downstream relationship and exposed data category. A structural brief on this docket's development is available through Criterica Intelligence.

Pre-settlement funding is a non-recourse purchase of a portion of the proceeds of a pending legal claim — not a loan. If the case does not result in a recovery, nothing is owed. Rates, fees, and repayment terms are disclosed in full in the funding agreement, which the applicant’s attorney reviews before signing. Availability and terms vary by state.