N.J. Magistrate Judge Consolidates 15 Data Breach Class Actions vs. HealthEC

U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward Kiel for New Jersey in Newark consolidated 15 data breach class actions against HealthEC, a data analytics company, said his signed order Monday (docket 2:24-cv-00026). All 15 cases seek to represent a class of individuals affected by the cybersecurity incident disclosed by HealthEC in December, “with substantially similar questions of fact and law,” said the order. Consolidation under Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 42 will serve the court, the parties “and the interests of justice by maximizing efficiency, minimizing redundancies, and eliminating the threat of inconsistent rulings,” said the order.