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Marriott Investor’s Security Fraud Claims Arising from Data Breach Rejected by Fourth Circuit

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The Fourth Circuit dismissed an investor’s lawsuit against a hotel chain that had been subject to a data breach, ruling that the company had not made false or misleading public statements about its protection of customer...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Fourth Circuit Rules Omission of Marriott’s Data Vulnerabilities Not Actionable Because Challenged Statements Were Not False When...

Key Points - Fourth Circuit points to SEC guidance on “less is more” approach to cybersecurity disclosures, while finding such disclosures did not violate federal securities laws. Omissions of data vulnerabilities were...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Cybersecurity, False Statements and Omissions

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Cybersecurity and the related disclosures can be critical issues for any company in today’s environment. This question is at the center of a recent decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Judge Finds No Article III Standing in Proposed Class Action Against Marriott

The question of standing has proven to be a tricky one in data breach litigation. Last week a federal district court in Maryland rejected a proposed class action brought by Marriott guests related to a data breach suffered by...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Court Dismisses CCPA Claim Against Marriot International, Inc. For Lack of Standing

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On January 12, 2021, the federal District Court for the Central District of California dismissed a data breach law suit—including a claim filed under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)—against Marriott...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Marriott Secures 80% Reduction in ICO Fine, but Here’s What You Missed…

Hot on the heels of the £20 million fine issued to British Airways, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) has issued Marriott International Inc. (“Marriott“) with a long-awaited penalty notice for its failure to...more

A&O Shearman

What Might The BA And Marriott Fines Tell Us About The ICO’s Approach To Penalties?

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Few will have been surprised that, when the ICO eventually published details of the BA and Marriott fines, the final penalties were very much lower than the £183+ million and £99+ million proposed in the original notices of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Marriott Cyberattack Fine Reduced as ICO Shifts Penalty Policy

On 30 October 2020, the UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a final penalty notice (Penalty Notice) to fine the hotel chain Marriott International, Inc. (Marriott) for a GDPR data...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

ICO GDPR Fines Reduced to £20m and £18.4m to Reflect British Airways and Marriott Mitigating Factors

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently handed down two of the largest fines relating to a data breach in UK history. In August 2018, British Airways (BA) was subject to a cyberattack which breached the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Check your COBRA Notice!

Just when you thought it was “safe to go back in the water,” a new flurry of class action claims based on asserted deficient COBRA notices is drawing the interest of class action plaintiff law firms....more

BCLP

Keeping Your (Top) Hat On

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“Top hat” plans are plans employers maintain for a “select group of management or highly compensated employees.” These plans are exempt from many of ERISA’s protections, including eligibility, vesting, fiduciary...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Disclaimer in Top-Hat Plan Could Save Millions for Employer

Do you have a top-hat plan? That’s a plan which is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Issues NAL in First Contested Enforcement Proceeding Involving Wi-Fi Blocking

Wi-Fi management or blocking practices have once again seized the enforcement spotlight at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On November 2, the FCC released a Notice of Apparent Liability (Dean NAL) proposing a...more

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