Panel Sets Jan. 26 Oral Argument on Consolidating Samsung Cases

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation set Jan. 26 for oral argument in the various motions to consolidate the multiple data breach class actions against Samsung under a single judge, said a Friday notice (case number 3055). Jan. 3 is the deadline for filing a notice of presentation or waiving an appearance at oral argument, said the notice. Plaintiff Angela Robinson immediately became the first to waive oral argument, but she supports centralizalizing the cases and transferring them to the U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark, where her own case (docket 1:22-cv-05722) is currently pending, said her waiver.