About Lawsuits reports that all the state and federal lawsuits against Change Healthcare should be coordinated:
The U.S. District Judge appointed to preside over all Change Healthcare data breach lawsuits brought throughout the federal court system has issued an order, outlining a plan to coordinate the pretrial proceedings in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) with claims pending at the state court level.
The litigation emerged a little more than a year ago, after Change Healthcare announced that it was the target of a data breach by hackers who accessed its customers’ sensitive data, including names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses, medical records and insurance details. The breach reportedly exposed the personal data of up to 190 million people.
… At least 65 Change Healthcare data breach lawsuits have been filed throughout the federal court system, and a number of claims have also been brought in various different state courts, including California, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Tennessee, New Jersey and Nebraska.
As Judge Frank pushes parties to conduct early Change Healthcare data breach settlement talks and prepare for pretrial discovery, the court issued an order (PDF) on March 12, noting that it will be necessary for the parties to coordinate with judges presiding over several similar cases filed in state courts nationwide, to avoid duplication of efforts and to increase efficiency.
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