N.J. Attorney is First to Declare He Will Present Oral Argument vs. Samsung

James Cecchi, with Cecchi Byrne, became the first attorney to file notice Monday he will present oral argument Jan. 26 as the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation weighs various motions to consolidate more than a dozen class actions against Samsung and transfer them to a single district judge. Cecchi represents nine plaintiffs in three class actions arising out of Samsung’s summertime data breach. They favor consolidating the cases and transferring them to U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark, where their cases are currently pending. In preparation for oral argument in late January, the panel set a Jan. 3 deadline for attorneys to declare their intentions to present oral argument or to waive oral argument (see 2212190025).