Target Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit Trial Set for April 2016

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UPDATE: A federal judge has preliminarily approved a $10 million class action settlement. Details on how to file a claim for the Target data breach settlement can be found here.

UPDATE 2: The Target data breach class action settlement received final approval on Nov. 17, 2015.

UPDATE 3: On Jan. 27, 2016, an objection to the $10 million Target data breach class action lawsuit settlement deal was dismissed by the 8th Circuit on appeal.

UPDATE 4: On Apr. 21, 2016, plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation against Target Corp. over the infamous 2013 data breach are asking the Eighth Circuit Court to ignore claims made by an objector in the settlement.

UPDATE 5: On Feb. 1, 2017, the Eighth Circuit Court of appeals reversed the class certification and directed the district court to make a new ruling and explain its findings. According to the settlement website, claims will not be paid until class certification is resolved. This could take several more months. Please keep checking Top Class Actions for updates. We are following the case and will let our viewers know as soon as the class certification decision is made!

UPDATE 6: On Aug. 22, 2019, Top Class Actions viewers started getting checks from the Target data breach class action settlement worth as much as $1,201.88. Congratulations to everyone who filed a claim and got PAID!

Litigation surrounding the massive Target data breach that occurred over the 2013 holiday season will continue through 2016, according to a pretrial scheduling order issued last week.

Over 33 class action lawsuits have been consolidated in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota over claims the retailer failed to protect customers’ financial data which was stolen from credit and debit cards used at Target stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15, 2013.

As many as 70 million customers had their personal information compromised during the breach, including their names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. An estimated 40 million customers may have also had their credit or debit card numbers stolen.

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated the Target data breach class action lawsuits on April 2, 2014. It’s estimated that as many as 100 cases could ultimately join the litigation, presided over by U.S. District Judge Paul A. Magnuson.

On June 25, Magnuson set a number of key dates and deadlines in the Target data breach MDL, including an Aug. 25 deadline for consumers to file a consolidated complaint.

All motions to dismiss the Target data breach class action lawsuit must be filed by Oct. 1, with responses due by Oct. 31. All parties that wish to join the Target data breach MDL must file their motions by Dec. 1.

Class Certification motions will begin in April 2015, and the case must be ready for trial by April 1, 2016, according to the Order.

The Target Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Target Corp. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 2522, U.S. District Court of Minnesota.