Oct 4 (Reuters) - Snack food giant Mondelez and law firm

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner have reached a tentative $750,000

settlement to resolve a proposed class action lawsuit over a

2023 data breach at the firm that compromised personal

information belonging to thousands of Mondelez employees.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs, a proposed class of 51,100

current and former Mondelez employees who said their data was

not properly protected, asked a Chicago federal judge on Friday

to grant preliminary approval to the deal.

Mondelez and BCLP denied wrongdoing and made no admission of

liability in the settlement. The plaintiffs' lawyers will be

able to request up to $250,000 from the court as their fee.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs and lawyers and spokespeople

for Mondelez and BCLP did not immediately respond to requests

for comment.

The settlement comes after U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso

in Chicago dismissed some of the plaintiffs' claims against

Mondelez and 1,200-lawyer BCLP in June.

As an outside law firm for Mondelez, BCLP possessed personal

information on its employees including names, dates of birth,

Social Security numbers and addresses, according to the

plaintiffs. After hackers gained access to the files in a 2023

breach at the firm, the employees sued both Mondelez and BCLP

for failing to safeguard their data.

Mondelez was represented by a team of attorneys from DLA

Piper, while BCLP was represented by attorneys from Baker &

Hostetler.

The case is In re: Mondelez Data Breach Litigation, U.S.

District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,

1:23-cv-03999.