Revised $1.6 Million Neiman Marcus Data Breach Settlement Preliminarily Approved

Mealey's (November 18, 2019, 12:49 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — More than a year after she declined to approve an earlier proposed settlement between The Neiman Marcus Group LLC and a class of customers suing it over a 2013 data breach, an Illinois federal judge on Nov. 15 granted preliminary approval to a revised $1.6 million settlement agreement between the parties that addressed the judge’s previously identified concerns about the adequacy of class representation (Hilary Remijas, et al. v. The Neiman Marcus Group, LLC, No. 1:14-cv-01735, N.D. Ill.)....