Three separate civil complaint have been filed against Heartland Payment Systems by individuals and firms seeking damages for the firm's card security data breach, according to court records and the law firms bringing the cases.
The Haverford, Pennsylvania, based law firm Chimicles & Tikellis filed the first suit towards the end of January 2009 on behalf of a Minnesota resident representing a class of consumers who had been affected by the breach.
"On Jan. 20, 2009-the date of the Presidential Inauguration-Heartland silently issued a press release that publicly revealed for the first time that a data breach had occurred," the firm said in its filing. "In addition to the questionable timing of this disclosure, there are materially misleading statements and omissions contained in Heartland's public description of the breach and its consequences."
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Now, two more lawsuits have been filed as well. The Philadelphia based law firms of Sheller, PC and Berger & Montague also filed suits against Heartland in U.S. District Court. Berger and Montague is of particular note because that firm was one of those involved in the case against TJX for a similar large breach.
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