Judicial Panel Grants Defense Request for Pretrial Coordination of Class Action Lawsuits Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, Unopposed by Class Action Plaintiffs, and Transfers Actions to Northern District of Georgia
Two class actions – one in Georgia and one in Ohio – were filed against various defendants including RBS Worldypay arising out of “an unauthorized intrusion into RBSW’s computer system.” In re RBS Worldpay, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litig., ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (Jud.Pan.Mult.Lit. June 9, 2009) [Slip Opn., at 1]. According to the allegations under the class actions, the intrusion meant that various personal information (including Social Security numbers) of more than one million holders of gift cards and payroll cards was allegedly compromised.” _Id._ Defense attorneys for RBS Worldpay filed a motion with the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) requesting centralization of the class actions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 in the Northern District of Georgia; plaintiffs in the Georgia class action supported the motion. _Id._ The Judicial Panel granted the motion to centralize the class action lawsuits and agreed that the Northern District of Georgia was the appropriate transferee court because “RBSW is headquartered in Atlanta, a significant amount of discovery is likely to take place in that district.” _Id._ Accordingly, the Panel transferred the Ohio class action to Georgia. _Id._, at 1-2.
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