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T-Mobile Data Breach Class Action Consolidation Overview:
- Who: The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has agreed to consolidate 44 class action lawsuits lobbied against T-Mobile in the Western District of Missouri.
- Why: The panel agreed with T-Mobile that the venue is proper due to its central location and capacity to manage the case.
- Where: The decision was made by the U.S Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has agreed to let T-Mobile consolidate in the Western District of Missouri dozens of class action lawsuits lobbied against the company over an August data breach that exposed the data of millions of its customers.
The panel agreed with T-Mobile’s previous argument that the complaints should not be consolidated in Washington state due to a shortage of available judges.
In a transfer order filed on Dec. 3, the panel said the Western District of Missouri was a proper venue for litigation due to its central location and “capacity to efficiently manage” the case.
A total of 44 cases have now been consolidated into the state of Missouri — up from five at the time of the panel’s initial transfer order, Law360 reports.
Data Breach Exposed The Pricatre Data Of More Than 50 Million Customers
The class action lawsuits revolve around an August data breach, which T-Mobile has acknowledged exposed the private data of more than 50 million of its customers.
Information that was exposed in the data breach included names, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and dates of birth. Customers who had applied for credit with the company were the most affected group, according to T-Mobile.
The 44 class action lawsuits, meanwhile, claim T-Mobile is, among other things, guilty of negligence and breach of confidence and in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act and California’s novel consumer privacy law.
Only one plaintiff had argued to have the cases consolidated in Missouri, meanwhile, with others pushing for the Eastern District of New York, the District of New Jersey, the Western District of Washington and the Western District of Oklahoma, Law360 reports.
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The plaintiffs are represented by Abington Cole & Ellery, Held & Hines LLP, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP, Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Angello PC, Seeger Weiss LLP, Lowey Dannenberg PC and the Law Offices of Ronald A. Marron.
The Consolidation Proceedings are In re: T-Mobile Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 3019, before the U.S Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
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109 thoughts onPanel Rules T-Mobile Can Consolidate Data Breach Lawsuits In Western District Of Missouri
Yes I I got informed that my info was on the data breech and I signed up for the settlement but haven’t heard anything yet besides one that I was approved for a settlement payment
I have T-Mobile and was just informed by IRS that someone filed a 2021 tax refund in my name and it wasn’t me. Now, I’m dealing with tax fraud and all that entails. Also, I had to go to FTC re T-Mobile stopped my phone service about every 3-5th day of @ month when my payment is due the 15th of each month, and I already paid them and was not getting the full use of my service at least up until the 14th of the following month. About the 5th day, I couldn’t dial out or text anyone, and no one contact me either. I was told by someone when I was contemplating which service to choose that T-Mobile will allow people to call me, if I can’t call out. Well, that wasn’t true in my case, and I wasn’t late paying my bill, either.