T-Mobile Asks Judge To Pause Class Action Filed Over Massive Data Breach

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T-Mobile Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit Overview: 

• Who: Henry Thang filed a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile.
• Why: T-Mobile wants a federal judge to pause the class action lawsuit filed against it in response to a massive data breach last month.
• Where: The class action lawsuit is being heard in California federal court.

T-Mobile is asking a federal judge in California to pause a proposed class action lawsuit filed in response to a data breach that exposed the private information of millions of its customers last month. 

T-Mobile says it has been flooded with more than 30 class action lawsuits since the incident, and implored the court to pause the complaint until the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) decides whether or not to group them together for multidistrict litigation. 

T-Mobile told the court that, without a stay, it would have to try and dismiss all the class action lawsuits separately using virtually the same argument each time, which would deplete its resources, the courts resources, and set the stage for inconsistent rulings. 

“In the absence of a stay, T-Mobile will be prejudiced because it would be required to expend significant resources litigating in multiple forums, conducting duplicative discovery and motion practice, and facing potentially inconsistent rulings on identical issues,” T-Mobile said. 

Further, T-Mobile told the court that the plaintiff in this particular class action lawsuit, Henry Thang, has  failed to identify any potential prejudice to himself or his proposed Class if a stay is granted. 

Thang has informed T-Mobile without explanation or reason that he will “oppose any motion seeking a stay,” says the company.

In August, T-Mobile reported that hackers breached the company’s systems and stole the personal and private information of more than 50 million of its customers, including their names, phone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers.

Affected customers included those who paid for service at the end of each month and those who applied for credit with T-Mobile, with 7.8 million of the former group facing the maximum amount of data exposed, according to the company.

T-Mobile argued that the cases will likely be consolidated, so it would be best to save everyone time and energy and put a pause on the class action lawsuits until the JPML makes its decision. 

“There is simply no reason for these courts to devote time, energy, and attention to these motions (or any other proceedings) when the JPML will likely consolidate and transfer all of those related actions into a single proceeding before a single judge for consolidated, pretrial purposes,” T-Mobile said. 

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Thang is represented by Lowey Dannenberg PC and Law Offices of Ronald A. Marron APLC. 

The T-Mobile Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit is Thang v. T-Mobile, Inc., Case No. 5:21-cv-06473, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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