$600,000 Settlement Over Hotel Chain’s Data Breach Preliminarily Approved

Mealey's (January 10, 2019, 1:38 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — After twice declining to approve a proposed settlement of a putative class action over a hotel chain’s 2016 data breach, a California federal judge on Jan. 9 granted the lead plaintiff’s renewed motion for preliminary approval of a revised settlement providing for up to $600,000 in relief to affected class members (Andrew Parsons v. Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group LLC, No. 3:16-cv-05387, N.D. Calif.)....