June 14, 2018
The Eighth Circuit panel that last year ordered a district court to take another look at a $10 million settlement that freed Target from multidistrict litigation over its massive 2013 data breach has affirmed the deal, rejecting the argument that a conflict existed between class members who suffered verifiable losses and those who didn’t.
August 16, 2017
Consumer advocates on Tuesday urged the Eighth Circuit to reverse a $10 million class action settlement stemming from the 2013 Target Corp. data breach, arguing that it unfairly excludes millions and forces consumers who had their financial data stolen to extinguish their claims in exchange for nothing.
May 18, 2017
A Minnesota federal judge held Wednesday that a $10 million deal resolving claims over Target's 2013 data breach is "as good a settlement as any class member could hope," concluding that an objector offered no evidence of alleged conflicts within the settlement class.
April 18, 2017
An objector to a $10 million deal resolving claims over Target's 2013 data breach on Monday accused the shoppers leading the suit of recycling old arguments instead of addressing the Eighth Circuit's concerns about potential conflicts within the settlement class, saying that lumping everyone into one class isn't appropriate.
March 28, 2017
A group of Target customers on Monday shot back at concerns the Eighth Circuit raised over the adequacy of a $10 million class action settlement that resolved claims over the retailer's 2013 data breach, telling a Minnesota federal court that the pact was fair to consumers who hadn't yet suffered losses.
February 02, 2017
The Eighth Circuit recently directed a lower court to reassess a $10 million class action settlement that allowed Target to escape a broad range of data breach claims, including those raised by consumers who couldn't prove they had been harmed, a ruling that is likely to make litigants and courts alike focus even more sharply on the role of standing in class action pacts.
February 01, 2017
The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to send back to lower court the $10 million deal that let Target Corp. out of multidistrict litigation over its notorious 2013 data breach, after two men raised concerns about inadequate class representation and compensation.
May 12, 2016
A Minnesota federal judge approved Target's deal to pay $39.3 million to a group of financial institutions over its massive 2013 data breach on Wednesday, and also approved attorneys' fees of $17.8 million.
April 12, 2016
A group of financial institutions suing Target Corp. over its massive 2013 data breach pressed a Minnesota federal judge to stamp final approval on a settlement worth $39 million, saying the deal was positively received by class members and helps avoid further complex and expensive litigation.
February 10, 2016
Lead counsel for financial institutions suing Target over its notorious 2013 data breach have urged a Minnesota federal court to grant them $20 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses, a figure they called fair and reasonable after extensive work on the case.