4th Circuit Vacates Class Certification Ruling In Marriott Data Breach Suit

(August 22, 2023, 1:50 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A trial court’s failure to consider the impact of a putative class waiver, to which relevant customers of Marriott International Inc. agreed, prior to certifying several classes related to the hotel chain’s data breach was an error, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, vacating the certification ruling and remanding for consideration of the waiver....