Banks’ Negligence Claim Over Sonic Data Breach Survives Dismissal

Mealey's (July 2, 2020, 1:16 PM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — Partly denying a motion to dismiss putative class claims brought by financial institutions (FIs) over a 2017 data breach experienced by Sonic Corp., an Ohio federal judge on July 1 found that the FIs sufficiently alleged that the fast food chain acted affirmatively in not updating the data security systems for the franchises that were affected by the breach (In re:  Sonic Corp. Customer Data Security Breach, No. 1:17-md-02807, N.D. Ohio, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114891)....