In suits against Costco, In-N-Out Burger and dozens of other chains, class action lawyers are trying to show that companies broke financial privacy laws by putting too much bank card information on sales receipts. But since a federal judge refused to certify a class of Cost Plus customers in May, plaintiffs have met the same fate in several similar cases across the country. Now, instead of trying to represent a nationwide class, plaintiffs attorneys are focusing on claims that arise from only a few stores.
August 27, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In suits against Costco, In-N-Out Burger and dozens of other chains, class action lawyers are trying to show that companies broke financial privacy laws by putting too much bank card information on sales receipts.
The payoff could be huge. In an ongoing federal case against retailer Cost Plus, plaintiffs said overly detailed sales slips exposed 3.4 million shoppers nationwide to identity theft.
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