Target confirmed a report in the Wednesday edition of The Wall Street Journal of a settlement with MasterCard concerning claims of card-issuers arising from Target’s 2013 data breach. The data breach, which occurred during the post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping season, compromised over 40 million credit and debit cards used to make purchases at Target stores. The… Continue Reading
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Precedent and the Price Explain Why Target and the Consumer Class Agreed to an Early Data Breach Settlement
Posted in Class Action Litigation, Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, Privacy Litigation, UncategorizedOn March 18, 2015 – just three months after denial of a motion to dismiss consumer claims arising from Target’s 2013 data breach – Target and the consumer class filed papers seeking approval of a settlement. The proposed settlement agreement creates a $10 million cash fund to be paid out to class members claiming actual damages arising from… Continue Reading
Consumer Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss in Target Data Breach Class Action
Posted in Class Action Litigation, Data Breach, Privacy LitigationWritten by Kevin McGinty A recent ruling by Federal District Judge Paul Magnuson will permit most of the consumer claims in the Target data breach litigation to survive Target’s motion to dismiss. This most recent ruling follows on the heels of the court’s December 2 decision partially denying Target’s motion to dismiss consolidated complaint of… Continue Reading
Issuer Banks’ Claims in Target Data Breach Litigation Survive Motion to Dismiss
Posted in Class Action Litigation, Data Breach, Privacy LitigationWritten by Kevin Mc Ginty Federal District Judge Paul Magnuson has ruled that banks that issued credit and debit cards to customers whose data was stolen in the December 2013 Target data breach could continue to litigate claims against Target for negligence and violation of Minnesota’s Plastic Security Card Act (“MPCSA”), Minn. Stat. § 325E.64. The… Continue Reading
Minnesota Proposes Expansive Amendment to Data Breach Notification Law
Posted in Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, LegislationTwo days ago, we heard that Target Corporation has brought in an information security heavy hitter to oversee the company’s post-breach data security and technology operations. Now we learn that its home base of operations, Minnesota, is the latest state to propose a legislative reaction to the Target data breach. The Minnesota legislature has introduced an… Continue Reading
