August 15, 2025
A Massachusetts federal judge has preliminarily signed off on an $8.5 million settlement reached between Nuance Communications and more than 1 million patients in multidistrict litigation over a 2023 malware attack that exploited a vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEIt transfer file tool.
In an 11-page order issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs granted the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary approval of the nonreversionary settlement reached with Nuance Communications, a Microsoft unit that provides clinical documentation services in the healthcare industry.
The settlement class consists of approximately 1.225 million patients of healthcare providers whose personal information was exchanged between the providers and Nuance, which uses Progress’s MOVEIt transfer tool to do so.
“The Court finds that the proposed settlement creates an equitable claims process that will allow settlement class members an opportunity to obtain reimbursement for certain types of harm they may have suffered as a result of events alleged in the litigation,” Judge Burroughs’ preliminary approval order said.
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The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys from Berger Montague PC, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Lynch Carpenter LLP, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, and Levin Sedran & Berman LLP.