A federal judge dismissed all but one of the claims financial institutions brought against Heartland Payment Systems for the breach of Heartland’s computer systems that affected approximately 130 million consumers, demonstrating that it may be difficult to hold companies legally responsible for breaches of their data. The financial institution plaintiffs balked at Heartland’s settlement offers and instead sought relief from the court, but only the alleged violation of Florida’s consumer-protection statute survived Heartland’s motion to dismiss, an outcome which may deter future plaintiffs affected by data breaches from rejecting settlement offers to litigate their claims.