Tag: data breach
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Wendy’s Settles Data Breach Lawsuits
Wendy’s International Inc. has settled two class actions alleging injuries stemming from a 2016 payment-system breach. Jackson v. Wendy’s Int’l Inc., No. 16-0210 (M.D. Fla., entered February 26, 2019); First Choice Fed. Credit Union v. Wendy’s Co., No. 16-0506 (W.D. Penn., entered February 26, 2019). A Florida federal court approved a $3.4 million settlement between…
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Data Breach Lawsuits Filed, Dismissed and Settled
Brinker International Inc. faces a putative class action alleging hackers stole customers’ personally identifiable information (PII) from point-of-sale systems at Chili’s Grill & Bar in April and May 2018. Steinmetz v. Brinker Int’l, Inc, No. 18-0981 (D. Nev., filed May 30, 2018). The plaintiff seeks damages, an injunction and attorney’s fees for negligence and alleged…
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Employee Files Biometric Privacy Suit Against Beverage Retailer
Binny’s Beverage Depot faces a putative class action alleging the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and sharing employee biometric information without informed consent. Burger v. Gold Standard Enters., Inc., No. 2018CH05904 (Ill. Ch. Ct., Cook Cty., filed May 7, 2018). The plaintiff alleges that Binny’s established a fingerprint-based time-clock program and…
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Panera Failed to Fix Data Breach, Lawsuit Alleges
Panera Bread Co. faces a putative class action alleging that a data breach exposed the personal data of thousands of customers to hackers, increasing their risk of fraud and identity theft. Boykin v. Panera Bread Co., No. 18-2461 (N.D. Ill., filed April 5, 2018). The complaint alleges that the company failed to protect the personally…
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Sonic Data Breach Cases Transferred to Northern District of Ohio
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has transferred five class actions related to a data breach at Sonic restaurants to the Northern District of Ohio, where the assigned court is presiding over a potential tag-along case. In re Sonic Corp. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., MDL No. 2807 (entered December 6, 2017). Sonic…
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Federal Court Holds Noodles & Co. Has No Independent Duty of Care to Card Issuers For Data Breach
A federal court has dismissed with prejudice a data-breach suit filed by a group of credit unions against Noodles & Co., holding that the restaurant had no independent duty of care to the unions distinct from its contractual agreements with MasterCard and Visa. SELCO Cmty. Credit Union v. Noodles & Co., No. 16-2247 (D. Colo.,…
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Data Breach Class Action Filed Against Chipotle
A consumer has filed a putative class action alleging Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. failed to take measures to prevent an April 2017 data breach in which hackers used malware to steal customer data from the magnetic stripes on payment cards. Baker v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., No. 17-1134 (C.D. Cal., filed June 9, 2017). The…
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Federal Court Dismisses Part of Wendy’s Data Breach Putative Class Action
A Florida federal court has dismissed part of a data breach complaint against Wendy’s, calling two of the claims “shotgun pleadings” and noting that the plaintiffs “misconstrue the basic legal principles of statutory law.” Torres v. Wendy’s Int’l, LLC, No. 16-0210 (M.D. Fla., order entered March 21, 2017). Additional details on the case appear in…