The Weekly Privacy Rewind - September 2018

Class Actions

Hotel Investment and Management Firm Aimbridge Hospitality LLC Removes Putative Class Action to Federal Court

• Hospitality company Aimbridge Hospitality LLC (Aimbridge) removed a putative class action lawsuit by a former laundry attendant that alleged that her personal information was exposed in a March 2018 data breach. The complaint alleged that the putative class members suffered damages related to costs they were required to pay for credit monitoring services resulting from the alleged breach.
• In its filing, Aimbridge claims that the suit is subject to removal under the Class Action Fairness Act because members of the proposed class are diverse from Aimbridge, there are more than 100 possible class members and damages could total more than $5 million.