Following the 2008 data breach at Heartland Payment Systems, several banks that had issued credit cards to customers affected by the breach alleged they incurred significant costs by replacing the cards of impacted customers and refunding fraudulent charges, writes attorney Stephen Shapiro. While a trial court dismissed the negligence claim, citing New Jersey’s economic loss doctrine, a Fifth Circuit Court has reversed the ruling, allowing the case to proceed.
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