Parties in Samsung MDL to Discuss Short-Form Complaint at Thursday Status Conference

The parties in the Samsung data breach multidistrict litigation, centralized under U.S. District Judge Christine O’Hearn for New Jersey in Camden, “continue to work diligently and cooperatively” to negotiate the terms of the confidentiality order and protocol for electronically stored information, the plaintiffs’ interim lead counsel, James Cecchi of Carella Byrne, wrote O’Hearn in a letter Monday (docket 1:23-md-03055). As directed by the court, the parties will be prepared to discuss a short-form complaint at Thursday’s status conference, said Cecchi. Short-form complaints, filed by individual plaintiffs, contain case-specific allegations while referencing the master consolidated complaint that the plaintiffs filed with the court on May 22 (see 2305230049). The parties “are most familiar with the use of short form complaints in the mass tort context,” said Cecchi. The parties are interested in learning how the court envisions using short-form complaints in the Samsung MDL, he said.