Home Depot Again Appeals Fees Award In Data Breach Suit Settlement With Banks

Mealey's (April 29, 2020, 10:25 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — Nine months after the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a previous attorney fees award connected with Home Depot Inc.’s settlement with a group of financial institutions (FIs) of a class action over a 2014 data breach, the retailer filed an appellant brief on April 27, telling the appeals court that the trial court inappropriately used the percentage methodology in calculating the revised fees award (Northeastern Engineers Federal Credit Union, et al. v. The Home Depot Inc., et al., No. 20-10667, 11th Cir.)....