Next Case Management Conference in Samsung MDL Will Be May 4

The parties in the Samsung data breach multidistrict litigation consolidated under U.S. District Judge Christine O’Hearn for New Jersey in Camden will submit to her within 14 days a proposed scheduling order with dates through summary judgment, said a proposed case management order Wednesday (docket 1:23-md-03055). The scheduling order will include the timing within which the plaintiffs plan to make a “settlement demand,” it said. The parties are further directed to meet and confer on the form and timing of fact sheets and the timing and scope of discovery and be prepared to discuss both at the next case management conference May 4 at 9:30 am, it said. Before the May 4 conference, the parties will identify and propose two potential special masters for O’Hearn’s consideration, said the proposed scheduling order. If the parties can’t agree, the plaintiffs and defendant Samsung will each submit two special masters for O’Hearn’s consideration, it said.