December 01, 2023
A Maryland federal judge has reinstated certification for several classes of consumers suing Marriott and its information technology provider over a massive data breach at the hotel's Starwood-branded properties, finding that Marriott's response to the litigation has been "wholly inconsistent" with its argument that guests had agreed to pursue their claims individually.
August 18, 2023
The Fourth Circuit on Friday scrapped a ruling that certified eight classes of potentially millions of Marriott International Inc. guests in multidistrict litigation over a major data breach at the company's Starwood-branded hotels, finding that the lower court hadn't properly "considered the import" of a class action waiver signed by all guests.
July 05, 2023
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday denied Marriott's request to limit the fines the city of Chicago may seek in wide-ranging multidistrict litigation over a major data breach, saying resolution of damages issues at this point in the litigation was premature.
April 06, 2023
A class of consumers suing Marriott International Inc. in wide-ranging multidistrict litigation over a major data breach says it needs information on how the hotel company calculated the value of the consumers' personally identifiable information, asking a Maryland federal judge to sign off on a special master's report ordering discovery into the valuation.
March 22, 2023
Marriott International Inc. says consumer plaintiffs in litigation over a major data breach that affected hotel customers can't seek expansive discovery over a privacy disclosure on Marriott's website, urging a Maryland federal judge to find the hotel company fulfilled its discovery obligations for the disclosure.
January 02, 2023
Franchisee-driven data privacy litigation against hotels, a push for a U.S. Supreme Court review of a lawsuit over public accommodations' accessibility for the disabled and a closer eye on COVID-19 science in suits involving pandemic-related insurance coverage are some of the cases that will dominate the hospitality landscape in 2023.
December 06, 2022
A special master in multidistrict litigation surrounding a massive Marriott data breach has recommended against letting Chicago send its claims back to the Windy City, writing that conducting discovery in Illinois would defeat the purpose of consolidating the case in Maryland federal court.
November 16, 2022
A large group of Marriott customers has asked the Fourth Circuit to uphold a class certification order in multidistrict litigation against the hotel giant over a major data breach, arguing that a "choice of law and venue" clause in a guest rewards contract does not bar the case.
September 09, 2022
A Maryland federal judge has denied Marriott's bid to throw out Chicago's suit accusing the hotel giant of failing to protect the personal information of residents in a massive data breach, ruling that the city showed it lost tax revenue due to the breach.
August 12, 2022
With lawsuits ranging from Marriott's data-breach multidistrict litigation and a Virgin Hotels owner-manager dispute to cases contesting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' mandate that all EB-5 regional centers must be reauthorized, hospitality litigation underway at midyear 2022 shows just how varied and complex the sector's legal issues can be.