Credit Unions’ Suits Over Sonic Data Breach Consolidated With Consumers’ Suits

Mealey's (June 10, 2019, 9:35 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Overruling objections raised by a class of consumer plaintiffs, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) on June 5 consolidated two putative class actions filed by financial institutions (FIs) over a 2017 data breach experienced by Sonic Corp. with those previously filed by consumer plaintiffs against the fast food chain, transferring the FIs' suits to Ohio federal court (In re:  Sonic Corp. Customer Data Security Breach, No. 2807, JPMDL)....