Deadline Extension Sought in Calif. Privacy Class Action

Lawyers for plaintiff Kahleia Dillon reached a stipulation with attorneys for defendant TransUnion, filing a joint motion Tuesday (docket 3:22-cv-01662) that asks the U.S. District Court for Southern California to extend to Dec. 22 TransUnion’s deadline for answering Dillon’s Oct. 26 privacy class action (see 2210280039). “Good cause exists” for the five-week deadline extension because TransUnion’s counsel “was only recently retained in this action and requires time to investigate the claims and defenses and to prepare an appropriate response,” said the motion. Dillon sued to “put an end” to what she alleged was the credit-reporting agency’s “unlawful use, examination, and recording” of consumers’ “biometric voice prints without express written consent,” in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act.