IT Firm Mostly Denied Dismissal Motion In Marriott Data Breach Suit

Mealey's (October 28, 2020, 8:36 AM EDT) -- GREENBELT, Md. — The bellwether plaintiffs in a consolidated class complaint over Marriott International Inc.’s massive four-year data breach have sufficiently pleaded most of their negligence claims against an information technology (IT) company co-defendant that provided services to a Marriott subsidiary, a Maryland federal judge ruled Oct. 26, denying the company’s dismissal motion on five out of six bellwether claims (In re:  Marriott International Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 19-2879, D. Md.)....