May 01, 2017
An Illinois federal judge Monday threw out a data-breach lawsuit brought by banks and credit unions' card issuers against Midwestern grocery chain Schnuck Markets Inc., distinguishing the dispute from data-breach cases involving retailers Home Depot and Target.
February 15, 2017
Payment card issuers suing Midwestern grocery chain Schnucks over a 2013 data breach told an Illinois federal court Tuesday that the grocer had a clear duty to protect the compromised card information.
December 13, 2016
Grocery chain Schnucks asked an Illinois federal judge on Monday to end a class action by banks and credit unions over losses linked to a 2013 data breach, saying Schnucks owed no duty to the institutions.
September 29, 2016
An Illinois federal judge placed significant weight on the sophistication of the business relationship between banks and their merchants in nixing financial institutions' claims over a data breach at grocer Schnucks on Wednesday, signaling that banks may not have as easy a time as affected consumers getting away with sweeping assertions about data security shortcomings.
September 28, 2016
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday nixed a putative class action brought by financial institutions over a 2013 data breach at the grocer Schnucks, ruling that the banks' "highly general" pleadings and failure to show harm similar to what consumers experienced doomed their slew of racketeering, contract and negligence claims.