Marriott Hotel logo 'We're Back': Fourth Circuit Considers Certification of Marriott Data Breach Class ... Again
Marriott was back before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit hoping to dismantle a district judge's order that certified a class of hotel guests impacted by its 2018 data breach.
November 07, 2024 at 06:10 PM
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What You Need to Know
- The case is among the few to obtain a class certification order in a data breach lawsuit, most of which settle or get dismissed.
- The appeal focuses on a 2023 order that found Marriott couldn't use the defense of a class action waiver because it argued for the data breach cases to be coordinated into multidistrict litigation.
- Marriott lawyer Matthew Hellman called the order a 'nationwide outlier,' while Samuel Issacharoff, for the plaintiffs, blamed 'poorly drafted language.'
Marriott was back before a federal appeals court hoping to dismantle a district judge's order that certified a class of hotel guests impacted by its 2018 data breach.
It's the second go-around for Marriott International Inc., which has been battling class certification in the same case for the past two years. The case is among the few to obtain a class certification order in a data breach lawsuit, most of which settle or get dismissed.
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