Parties in Data Breach Suit vs. Macmillan Expect 1-Week Jury Trial

None of the parties in the data breach class action against Macmillan filed by three former employees will consent to conduct further proceedings before a magistrate judge, said a case management plan and scheduling order signed Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-01217) by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres for Southern New York. Oct. 13 is the deadline for completing all fact discovery in the case, said the order. Expert discovery will be done by Nov. 27, it said. The parties “present best estimate” of the length of a jury trial is one week, said the order, without setting a trial date. Plaintiffs Victoria Batchelor, Diana Griffin and Jaime Ariza allege Macmillan negligently let cybercriminals infiltrate the personally identifiable information of more than 19,000 current and former employees (see 2304040003). They suffer the risk of “imminent and impending injury” arising from the substantially increased risk of fraud and identity theft, said their complaint.