Plaintiffs in Samsung MDL Seeking to Pare Down 362-Page Amended Class Action

The parties in the multidistrict litigation arising from last summer’s Samsung data breach “engaged in discussion regarding the issues to be raised in Samsung’s anticipated motion to dismiss,” the plaintiffs’ interim lead counsel, James Cecchi of Carella Byrne, wrote U.S. District Judge Christine O’Hearn for New Jersey in Camden in a letter Monday (docket 1:23-md-03055). As part of their July 5 meet and confer, and in writing July 6, “Samsung shared certain purported deficiencies it perceives” with the plaintiffs’ May 22 consolidated amended class action (see 2305240054) with the complaint. The plaintiffs “are currently researching those issues with an eye towards paring down the complaint as efficiently as possible,” it said. The 362-page amended complaint includes previously undisclosed detail on Samsung’s allegedly lax security procedures and the questionable manner in which it disclosed the hack to its customers. The parties scheduled another meet and confer for Wednesday to discuss the plaintiffs’ proposal “for narrowing the issues in the motion to dismiss,” Cecchi told the judge. The parties believe “this will necessitate a short extension of time for the filing of the motion to dismiss,” said his letter. The length of the extension will be better understood once Samsung hears the plaintiffs’ proposal on Wednesday, it said. The judge signed an order Monday appointing retired U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson special master in the MDL (see 2306290014).