Mealey's (November 4, 2020, 9:32 AM EST) -- CLEVELAND — An Ohio federal judge on Nov. 2 granted a motion to certify a class of financial institutions (FIs) in a consolidated lawsuit alleging negligence against Sonic Corp. for a 2017 data breach, with the judge altering the class definition proposed by the plaintiffs to specify that class member FIs need to have responded or taken action to alerts received over payment cards compromised in the breach (In re: Sonic Corp. Customer Data Security Breach, No. 17-md-2807, N.D. Ohio, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 204169)....