Data Breach Class Complaint Against Restaurant Group Sent Back To State Court

(August 14, 2024, 11:12 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A putative class complaint accusing Panda Restaurant Group Inc. of failing to have sufficient measures in place to protect customers’ personal data belongs in state court, a federal judge in California ruled, opining that even though the data breach affected the operator of more than 2,000 restaurants in 30 states, the plaintiff is free to limited his proposed class to California customers....