Plaintiff to Dismiss Claims Against Hey Favor, Proceed vs. Ad Firms in Privacy Case

Court for Northern California in San Francisco. The court instructed Doe in a May 16 case management conference to file a motion detailing her plan for how the case should proceed against the remaining defendants in light of Hey Favor’s April bankruptcy (see 2304280021). Her plan ensures the case can proceed “expeditiously,” without imposing liability on, or interfering with, Favor’s bankruptcy proceedings, it said. Doe will also dismiss the claim against advertising and analytics defendants for aiding Favor’s “violation” of California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) within seven days of the court’s approval of the plan. She plans to file an amended complaint removing Favor and the advertising defendants aiding and abetting Favor’s violation of the CMIA from the action within 14 days of approval. Once discovery opens, Doe plans to seek discovery from Favor as a third party, and the action can proceed against the advertising defendants “without delay” since no claims against them are dependent on the claims against Favor, she said. There's no concern over “overlapping parallel litigation as all remaining claims will proceed in one action” before the court, she said.