Judge Revives Marriott Data Breach Classes, Criticizes Class Action Waiver

( December 4, 2023, 2:24 PM EST) -- GREENBELT, Md. — Almost four months after the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals vacated a class certification ruling in the multidistrict litigation over the massive data breach experienced by Marriott International Inc., a Maryland federal judge reinstated the certified classes, finding that Marriott forfeited the ability to invoke a class action waiver signed by each of the individual plaintiffs....