Docket Was 'Prematurely' Closed in Comcast MDL Involving Citrix Data Breach: Report

The multidistrict litigation docket was prematurely “and incorrectly” closed March 14 for litigation against Comcast involving the Citrix data breach, said a joint status report (docket (2:23-cv-05092) in Nanez et al v. Comcast Friday in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The plaintiffs sued Comcast Dec. 21 for negligence; the class action was one of a dozen included in a January motion (see 2401120011) filed by plaintiff Kenneth Hasson with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, aiming to transfer and consolidate cases with similar allegations and claims arising out of the October data breach. A motion filed jointly by Comcast, Citrix and Hasson on March 14 to vacate that day's order closing the MDL docket and reinstating the MDL transfer motion was denied March 18, said the report. Thursday, Hasson filed a notice of unopposed motion to consolidate cases (see 2403220046); Alyssia Nanez is listed for potential consolidation within Hasson’s motion to consolidate cases, it said. The parties support the request for consolidation, it said.