Home Depot on Monday fired back against allegations that it sentout misleading notices to potential class members in litigationover massive customer data breach.
The company claimed that lawyers for the financial institutionssuing the Atlanta-based home improvement chain have made"significant factual misstatements and misrepresentations" aboutHome Depot's role in the communications.
"Home Depot did not send or authorize and was not even aware of"notices announcing a settlement with MasterCard International Inc.that were sent to financial institutions that are either plaintiffsor potential plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation, wrotelawyers at Atlanta's Alston & Bird defending Home Depot. Theyasked U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. to disregard aNov. 30 motion by the financial institutions for what Home Depot'slawyers claim is a "Draconian order" that would limit how HomeDepot communicates with financial institutions and ordersignificant disclosures about the apparent settlement.
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