Oral Argument Is Pushed to Feb. 7 on Samsung's Data Breach MDL Motions
Jan. 22 oral argument on Samsung’s pending motions to dismiss the plaintiffs’ amended consolidated complaint and to strike their class allegations arising from a July 2022 data breach was adjourned to Feb. 7, said a text-only order Tuesday (docket 1:23-md-3055)…
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from U.S. District Judge Christine O'Hearn for New Jersey in Camden. Despite the “benign nature” of the data stolen in the breach, the amended consolidated complaint “cobbles together 49 individuals from 34 states alleging violations of numerous different state laws based on sharply diverging experiences and injuries” that the plaintiffs attribute to the data breach, said Samsung’s motion to strike (see 2308230018). In light of the “divergent experiences” of the 49 named plaintiffs, “the reality is that no factual development could alter the conclusion that this case cannot be certified as a class action,” it said.