Judge Declines To Dismiss Chicago’s Complaint In Marriott Data Breach MDL

Mealey's (December 16, 2019, 2:16 PM EST) -- GREENBELT, Md. — A Maryland federal judge on Dec. 13 denied a motion by Marriott International Inc. to dismiss a complaint by Chicago, one of many cases consolidated in a multidistrict litigation in the wake of a data breach the hotel chain experienced, finding that the city sufficiently pleaded claims based on its own injuries under a municipal ordinance (In re:  Marriott International Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 8:19-md-02879, D. Md., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215154)....