Bank’s Negligence Claim Over Marriott Data Breach Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (February 11, 2020, 8:28 AM EST) -- GREENBELT, Md. — A Louisiana-based bank sufficiently alleged, under that state’s law, that Marriott International Inc.’s negligence in not adequately protecting its customers’ payment card data led to its being compromised, a Maryland judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over Marriott’s data breach concluded Feb. 7, partly denying the hotel chain’s motion to dismiss (In re:  Marriott International Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 8:19-md-02879, D. Md., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21502)....