Carella Byrne Litigator Officially Named Lead Counsel in Samsung MDL

U.S. District Judge Christine O’Hearn for New Jersey in Camden signed an order Monday (docket 1:23-md-03055) officially appointing James Cecchi, director of Carella Byrne's class-action practice in Roseland, New Jersey, as interim lead class counsel for the plaintiffs in the 16 Samsung data breach class actions. O’Hearn, who was assigned the cases Feb. 1 for pretrial consolidation, named Cecchi to the post in February (see 2302280010). O’Hearn’s order also assigned the 11 members of Cecchi’s executive committee as chairs of nine subcommittees.