---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001280058-24-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLKB"
cik: "0001280058"
company_name: "BLACKBAUD INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T19:24:54.407102+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Court denies class certification in Blackbaud 2020 cyber incident MDL

## Summary
- Court denied plaintiffs' motion for class certification due to failure to prove ascertainability.
- Court granted Blackbaud's motion to exclude plaintiffs' expert on ascertainability.
- Plaintiffs' motion to exclude Blackbaud's expert on ascertainability was denied.
- Litigation continues; plaintiffs may appeal to Fourth Circuit.
- 2020 security incident involved cybercriminal removing a copy of subset of data.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001280058-24-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLKB
- cik: 0001280058
- company_name: BLACKBAUD INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005824000042/0001280058-24-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005824000042/blkb-20240514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280058-24-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280058-24-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280058-24-000042.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.