Parties in Samsung MDL Ask Judge to Adjourn Thursday’s Status Conference

Counsel for Samsung and the plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation arising from last summer’s Samsung data breach asked U.S. District Judge Christine O’Hearn to adjourn Thursday’s status conference “so that the parties can continue conferring on several important issues,” they wrote the judge in a joint letter Tuesday (docket 1:23-md-03055). The plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated complaint since the last status conference, said the letter. The newest version of the complaint reduced the claims count by 37% from the previous version (see 2307170059). The parties also agreed to a stipulation and order reserving the plaintiffs’ right, at the class certification stage, “to reassert certain dismissed claims brought on behalf of subclasses for 16 states and the District of Columbia, which are currently without individual representation,” said the letter. Samsung’s opening brief is due Aug. 11, it said.