T-Mobile Must Answer Consolidated Data Breach Class Action by May 8

U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes for Western Missouri in Kansas City granted T-Mobile’s unopposed motion to extend to May 8 its deadline to answer the plaintiffs’ March 8 consolidated consumer class action complaint in the multidistrict litigation arising from T-Mobile’s 2022 data breach (see 2403110012), said the judge’s signed order Wednesday (docket 4:23-md-03073). The plaintiffs now have until July 8 to respond to any T-Mobile motion to dismiss or compel their claims to arbitration, and T-Mobile’s reply in support of their motions is due 30 days later, said the order. The class action alleges that T-Mobile understands it has an “enormous responsibility” to protect its customers’ personal information against cyberattacks, but that it “completely failed” to meet those obligations.