Judge Resets Hearing Deadline in Privacy Case After MGM Invokes Automatic Extension
U.S. District Judge Joseph Rodriguez for New Jersey reset deadlines Monday in a lawsuit against MGM Resorts International over its September data breach, after the defendant invoked an automatic extension under Local Civil Rule 7.1(d)(5), said the judge’s text-only order…
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(docket 1:23-cv-20419). MGM’s letter cited plaintiffs Saul and Shirley Lassoff’s Nov. 30 motion to preclude all other venues and duplicate litigation against MGM Resorts International only and to issue a proposed first to file preclusion order and transfer remaining cases to U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Camden. The motion was originally set for hearing Jan. 2, which has not previously been extended or adjourned, said MGM’s filing. The new and next available motion day is Jan. 16, it said. The Lassoffs’ preclusion order requests that the remaining cases involving the cyberattack on the hospitality company’s systems in September be transferred to Camden. The plaintiffs’ amended complaint added New Jersey, New York and Las Vegas MGM customers as potential class members in the action against MGM Resorts International and removed Caesars Entertainment, following the dismissal of Caesars without prejudice from the case in November. The Lassoffs assert claims of breach of fiduciary duty and negligence (see 2311160060).