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Carlton Fields

Are Administrative Fees and Costs a Benefit to the Class as a Whole? A Circuit Split Continues

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In 2017, the Eighth Circuit reversed the certification of a settlement class in the Target 2013 security breach litigation. See In re Target Corp. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., 847 F.3d 608, 613 (8th Cir. 2017). ...more

King & Spalding

Class In Session: Minnesota Federal Court Certifies Class In Target Corporation Data Breach Suit

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On September 15, 2015, a federal district court in Minnesota granted a motion for class certification of hundreds of credit unions and banks in an action against Target Corporation for damages stemming from the breach of...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Target Data Breach Class Certified: Data Breaches Potentially Fertile Ground for B2B Class Actions

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Retail data breaches are multi-victim crimes, with the retailer, consumers and affected third parties all having legitimate claims to “victimhood” – and each left squabbling as the hacker vanishes into the digital ether....more

K&L Gates LLP

Class Certification Trends in Consumer Data Breach Litigation—Individualized Damages Theories May Preclude Certification

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In the last two years, there has been a proliferation of class action lawsuits filed in response to high-profile data breaches compromising the personally identifiable information of customers of various companies. Major...more

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