Mondelez, law firm Bryan Cave reach deal to end data breach class action
By David Thomas
Oct 4 (Reuters) -Snack food giant Mondelez and law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner have reached a tentative $750,000 settlement to resolve a proposed class action lawsuit over a 2023 data breach at the firm that compromised personal information belonging to thousands of Mondelez employees.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs, a proposed class of 51,100 current and former Mondelez employees who said their data was not properly protected, asked a Chicago federal judge on Friday to grant preliminary approval to the deal.
Mondelez and BCLP denied wrongdoing and made no admission of liability in the settlement. The plaintiffs' lawyers will be able to request up to $250,000 from the court as their fee.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs and lawyers and spokespeople for Mondelez and BCLP did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The settlement comes after U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso in Chicago dismissed some of the plaintiffs' claims against Mondelez and 1,200-lawyer BCLP in June.
As an outside law firm for Mondelez, BCLP possessed personal information on its employees including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and addresses, according to the plaintiffs. After hackers gained access to the files in a 2023 breach at the firm, the employees sued both Mondelez and BCLP for failing to safeguard their data.
Mondelez was represented by a team of attorneys from DLA Piper, while BCLP was represented by attorneys from Baker & Hostetler.
The case is In re: Mondelez Data Breach Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1:23-cv-03999.
Reporting by David Thomas
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