September 15, 2016
Barnes & Noble urged an Illinois federal court on Wednesday to reject an attempt by a proposed customer class to revive its privacy claims related to a data breach based on a recent Sixth Circuit opinion that reactivated a similar suit against an insurer, saying the two cases did not have enough in common.
September 13, 2016
Book buyers suing Barnes & Noble Inc. over a data breach told an Illinois federal court Monday that a Sixth Circuit opinion handed down that day reviving a proposed class action over a 2012 breach at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. bolsters their argument that they have standing.
May 23, 2016
A proposed group of book buyers who claim harm from a Barnes & Noble Inc. data breach told an Illinois federal judge Friday the retailer wrongly concludes the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Spokeo decision supports dismissal for lack of concrete injury, saying the ruling actually cuts the other way.
May 19, 2016
Barnes & Noble Inc. contended Wednesday that three years on, customers have still not proven they were personally harmed by a data breach at several retail locations, becoming the latest litigant to invoke the landmark Spokeo decision in hopes of winning a lawsuit.
April 22, 2016
Barnes & Noble has told an Illinois federal judge that the Seventh Circuit's recent decision allowing diners to sue P.F. Chang's over a data breach isn't enough to keep alive complaints stemming from the bookseller's own 2012 security incident.
January 11, 2016
Barnes & Noble on Monday told an Illinois federal judge that two recent decisions in other courts bolster its argument that consolidated class actions stemming from a security breach that exposed PIN pad devices at dozens of stores in 2012 should be dismissed.
July 22, 2015
A recent Seventh Circuit decision that Neiman Marcus customers affected by a data breach can sue doesn't support the standing of plaintiffs suing Barnes & Noble Inc. over a security breach that compromised PIN pad devices at stores, the book retailer told an Illinois federal judge Tuesday.
May 07, 2015
Barnes & Noble Inc. on Thursday told an Illinois federal judge that five recent decisions in other courts support its motion to dismiss consolidated class actions stemming from a security breach that compromised PIN pad devices at dozens of stores in 2012.
September 18, 2014
Barnes & Noble Inc. on Wednesday used the recent dismissal of a class action complaint against Neiman Marcus Inc. in Illinois to attack litigation over a security breach that compromised PIN pad devices in dozens of its stores, arguing that like Neiman Marcus, its customers lack standing to pursue their case against the company.
September 09, 2014
Barnes & Noble Inc. customers who are suing the bookseller over a breach that compromised PIN pad devices in dozens of stores defended their ability to bring class action claims against the retailer on Monday, countering the company's suggestion that the U.S. Supreme Court's Clapper decision undermines their case.