Judge Grants Plaintiffs' Motion for Consolidation in Wis. Bank Data Breach Cases
U.S. District Judge William Conley for Western Wisconsin in Madison granted the plaintiffs' motion to consolidate the cases against Forward Bank and Forward Financial Services involving a Sept.6 data breach, said his signed order Monday (docket 3:23-cv-844). The plaintiffs in…
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Hamilton v. Forward Bank and Forward Financial Services and Ethan Rohland v. Forward Bank and Forward Financial Services moved to consolidate their cases Dec. 19, and the defendants didn’t oppose the motion. The plaintiffs’ consolidated amended complaint is due by April 11, and the defendants will have 21 days to respond, the order said. The plaintiffs in both data breach cases allege Forward Bank maintained, used and shared customers’ personally identifiable information in a “reckless manner,” the complaint said. Conley's order will apply to any action filed in, transferred to, or remanded to the Wisconsin court relating to the Sept. 6 data breach, subject to "prompt objection" by any new plaintiffs or their counsel, it said.