September 03, 2014
Target Corp. urged a Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday to toss a consolidated class action over the company's massive data breach, arguing that the bank plaintiffs cannot claim negligence because they do not have a direct relationship with Target.
August 26, 2014
Litigation against Target Corp. over its massive data breach took another step forward Monday as attorneys filed an amended class action complaint against the retailer that combines into a single document the strongest legal claims customers have asserted against the company in dozens of individual lawsuits.
August 20, 2014
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has agreed to sever claims against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. in one of a group of class actions arising from Target Corp.'s disastrous 2013 data breach, saying the claims against the credit card companies and the retailer were sufficiently different.
July 24, 2014
A Minnesota federal judge on Thursday rejected Target Corp.'s bid to stay discovery in multidistrict litigation over the massive data breach the retailer had disclosed last year, saying a stay would "only serve to delay the expeditious prosecution of this action."
July 21, 2014
A group of Target Corp. customers, banks and credit unions on Friday fought the retailer's attempt to delay discovery in multidistrict litigation stemming from the company's data breach last year, saying they intend to take Target to task for failing to protect its patrons' payment card information.
July 03, 2014
Target Corp. on Thursday urged an Illinois court to stay discovery for several months in multidistrict litigation stemming from a data breach the retailer disclosed late last year, saying it had a good shot at knocking out a slew of class actions brought by consumers and financial institutions.
May 22, 2014
A Minnesota federal judge on Thursday appointed 11 attorneys to executive and steering committees in class actions against Target Corp. on behalf of consumers, banks and shareholders allegedly harmed by the massive holiday data breach that shook the retail giant last year.
May 20, 2014
A Minnesota federal judge on Thursday selected attorneys to lead consolidated class actions on behalf of consumers, banks and shareholders allegedly victimized by the audacious security breach that rocked Target Corp. last year, tapping Chestnut & Cambronne PA and Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield partners to supervise the multidistrict case.
April 03, 2014
Dozens of lawsuits accusing Target Corp. of failing to protect millions of customers from a data breach that compromised their personal information will be consolidated in Minnesota, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered on Wednesday, agreeing with the company that its home state is the proper venue.