Headquarters of 23andMe in Mountain View, Ca. Credit: Jason Doiy / The Recorder Plaintiffs' Lawyers Divided Over Early Mediation of 23andMe Data Breach Cases
Edelson's Rafey Balabanian, in a Jan. 26 motion to appoint him as lead counsel, said a 'rudderless crowd of firms' was attempting to mediate the cases before leadership had been decided and without further investigation of the facts.
January 31, 2024 at 03:24 PM
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What You Need to Know
- The mediation, to be held on Jan. 31 at a Westin hotel in Napa, California, will include most of the plaintiffs' firms that have filed cases.
- 23andMe filed a Dec. 21 motion for the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to coordinate the data breach cases in the Northern District of California.
- 23andMe filed a motion to continue a status conference, referencing the mediation talks: 'It is the hope of the parties to reach a global resolution there.'
23andMe Inc. will participate in an early mediation on Jan. 31 to resolve more than 35 class actions brought over its data breach, but not all plaintiffs' lawyers are on board.
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