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In Re: The Home Depot, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation

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Case Number:

1:14-md-02583

Court:

Georgia Northern

Nature of Suit:

Contract: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Thomas W. Thrash, Jr

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  1. January 05, 2022

    Home Depot Data Breach Attys Get $11.7M In Fees After Fight

    An Eleventh Circuit panel on Wednesday ordered a Georgia federal court to award $11.7 million in fees, plus interest, to attorneys representing banks and other financial institutions in litigation over Home Depot's 2014 data breach, ending a tumultuous, four-year fight over the attorney fees.

  2. January 24, 2020

    Home Depot Breach Class Attys Score $15.2M After Fee Fight

    Attorneys representing banks and other financial institutions that sued over Home Depot's 2014 data breach won a $15.2 million fee award on Friday after the Eleventh Circuit nixed an earlier award and asked the Georgia federal court that handled the case to take another look.

  3. September 22, 2017

    Home Depot Data Breach Attys Score $15.3M In Fees

    The attorneys representing banks and other financial institutions in litigation over Home Depot's 2014 data breach won a $15.3 million fee award on Friday that represents only a slight reduction to their hotly contested request, as a Georgia federal judge gave his final blessing to a $27.25 million settlement.

  4. September 21, 2017

    Home Depot 'Scorched Earth' Plan Merits $18M Fee, Attys Say

    Attorneys who secured a $27.25 million settlement for banks and other financial institutions against Home Depot over the retailer's 2014 data breach blasted opposition to their $18 million fee request on Thursday, arguing that the company's own "scorched earth" litigation tactics dragged the case out longer than necessary.

  5. September 13, 2017

    Home Depot Slams $18M Fee Request In Data Breach Deal

    Home Depot Inc. told a Georgia federal court Tuesday that attorneys who secured a $27.25 million settlement for banks and other financial institutions suing over the retailer's 2014 data breach should not receive $18 million in fees calculated using "mathematical alchemy."

  6. August 23, 2017

    Home Depot Data Breach Attys Seek $18M Fees On $27M Deal

    Attorneys who scored just more than $27 million in settlements from The Home Depot Inc. for banks suing over the 2014 data breach asked a Georgia federal court Wednesday to approve $18 million in fees, arguing their work spurred other payouts for would-be class members out of court.

  7. March 14, 2017

    Home Depot Deal May Spur Banks To Sue Data Breach Targets

    Home Depot has agreed to fork over more than $25 million to put to bed a proposed class of financial institutions' data breach claims, a move that could prompt more banks and credit unions to go after the retailers that suffered the data breaches rather than pursue more traditional card brand recovery programs to recoup their losses.

  8. March 09, 2017

    Home Depot To Pay $25M To Settle Banks' Data Breach Claims

    Home Depot has agreed to pay $25 million and strengthen its data security practices to resolve a putative class action brought by financial institutions after a 2014 data breach that compromised 56 million credit and debit card numbers, according to documents filed in Georgia federal court late Wednesday.

  9. October 14, 2016

    Home Depot Wants Sanctions For Atty Objecting To $13M Deal

    Home Depot asked a Georgia federal court on Thursday to sanction a Florida attorney who filed a “lengthy and meritless” objection to an approved $13 million settlement in a class action over a massive 2014 data breach, saying the objection requires a deposition, which the attorney has repeatedly refused.

  10. August 23, 2016

    Home Depot Data Breach Attys' Fees Trimmed To $7.5M

    A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday granted final approval of a $13 million settlement between Home Depot and a class of consumers suing over a massive 2014 data breach and awarded attorneys' fees of approximately $7.5 million, about $1 million less than the amount sought.

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