Samsung MDL Judge Orders Proposed Case Schedule Within 14 Days

U.S. District Judge Christine O’Hearn for New Jersey in Camden signed a case management order Monday (docket 1:23-md-03055) directing the parties in the Samsung data breach multidistrict litigation over which she’s presiding to submit within 14 days a proposed scheduling order with dates through the summary judgment stage. The proposed schedule should include the timing within which the plaintiffs expect to make a settlement demand, said the order. The parties should also meet and confer on the timing and scope of discovery and be prepared to discuss that at the next case management conference set for May 4 at 9:30 am, it said. The parties before the conference will identify and propose two potential special masters for O’Hearn’s consideration, it said. If they can’t agree on the special masters, each side will submit two nominees for the judge to decide on, it said.