8th Circuit Upholds Target Data Breach Class Certification, Settlement

Mealey's (June 18, 2018, 10:37 AM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — Rejecting objections by two class members, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 13 affirmed a trial court’s approval of a $10 million settlement between Target Corp. and a class of consumers affected by a 2013 data breach, finding that on remand after a previous ruling in the objectors’ favor, the presiding judge conducted the necessary “rigorous analysis” of the settlement (In re:  Target Corporation Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 15-3909, 15-3912, 16-1203, 16-1245 and 16-1408 8th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15839)....