An Illinois federal judge has thrown out a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Neiman Marcus Group negligently failed to protect 350,000 customers’ credit card information prior to a 2013 hack into the department store’s servers, Law360 reports. U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel ruled the plaintiffs lacked standing under Article III, stating he “wasn’t convinced unauthorized credit card charges for which the plaintiffs would be reimbursed qualify as concrete injuries warranting Article III standing,” the report states. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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