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7 Plaintiffs File Notices Opposing CTO-23 in MOVEit Data Breach MDL

Seven plaintiffs filed notices of opposition Tuesday and Wednesday before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (docket 3083) to conditional transfer order 23 (CTO-23) in In Re: MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Litigation. The cases involve the May Progress…

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Software MOVEit data breach. Plaintiff Brad Yourglich opposes CTO-23 as it relates to Yourglich v. Pension Benefit Information (PBI) (docket 3:23-cv-02034), said his filing Tuesday. Yourglich sued PBI and Does 1-10 Oct. 2 in California Superior Court in San Diego, claiming violations of the California Customer Records and Consumer Privacy acts, plus negligence. PBI removed the case to the U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego Nov. 3. PBI on Nov. 27 also removed an Oct. 23 negligence suit (docket 3:23-cv-02167) filed by plaintiff Sean Carlblom, with the same claims, from state court to district court. Carlblom opposes the transfer to the multidistrict litigation in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston under U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs. Counsel Jennifer Simil of Jibrael Hindi filed a notice of opposition Wednesday on behalf of four of her clients who are suing PBI for negligence related to the MOVEit data breach. Defendant PBI removed the four cases brought by plaintiffs Andrew Kantack (docket 3:23-cv-01406), Sharon Oliver (docket 3:23-cv-01420), Brian Huey (docket 5:23-cv-00700) and Stacey Lockett (docket 0:23-cv-62321) from Florida state court to U.S. district courts in Florida. Columbia University, a defendant in a negligence suit brought by plaintiff Alexandra Lardis (docket 1:23-cv-10241) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York, also opposes CTO-23 in the MDL, said its notice Wednesday.