Case Management Conference Change Sought Pending JPML Ruling in 23andMe Case
The initial case management conference in Nicholas Furia v. 23andMe should be modified to 30 days after the court rules on the defendant’s motion to stay proceedings pending a decision by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) regarding consolidation…
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of at least 30 related privacy cases against the online genetic testing company. So said a proposed order (docket 3:23-cv-05565) Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco. Furia filed his negligence class action Oct. 27, alleging the company (see 2310300040) failed to implement basic data security practices, leading to a data breach that compromised his personally identifiable information. On Dec. 21, 23andMe filed a motion to transfer actions to the Northern California court for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings with the JPML. It asked the court to enter a stay of all proceedings on Dec. 29 until the JPML rules on the motion, then filed a re-notice of the motion to stay to correct the briefing schedule Friday, said the proposed order. The parties agreed to reschedule the initial case management conference and related deadlines to 30 days after the court’s decision, said the proposed order.