Couple Seeks Leave to Seek First-to-File Preclusion Order in MGM Data Breach Action

Plaintiffs Saul and Shirley Lassoff asked the court for permission to file an emergency motion to preclude all other venues and duplicate litigation vs. defendant MGM Resorts International only and to issue a proposed first-to-file preclusion order in their negligence class action stemming from a September data breach, said their Wednesday letter (docket 1:23-cv-20419) to U.S. District Judge Joseph Rodriguez for New Jersey in Camden. The preclusion order requests that remaining cases involving the cyberattack on the hospitality company’s systems in September be transferred to Camden. The plaintiffs’ amended complaint added New Jersey, New York and Las Vegas MGM customers as potential class members in the action against MGM Resorts International and removed Caesars Entertainment, following the dismissal of Caesars without prejudice from the case this month (see 2310100027). The Lassoffs assert claims of breach of fiduciary duty and negligence.