This is a costs decision. It is an exceptional case. It is exceptional for three reasons. First, it is a request for costs in a carriage motion, i.e., a motion to determine which of two rival consortia of law firms shall have carriage of a class action under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992.1 The rule…
On July 29, 2019, it was disclosed to the public that the information technology systems of Capital One Financial Corporation, Capital One, N.A., Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., and Capital One Services (Canada) Inc., (collectively “Capital One”) had been hacked and personal information had been misappropriated. The data had been stored on computer servers owned…
This proposed class action stems from notices of a data breach received by approximately 500 million people who stayed at Marriott-affiliated hotels or were members of the Starwood Preferred Guest program. The fact of the breach became public on November 30, 2018 but may have originated in 2014. Marriott alleges that they became aware of…