November 23, 2021
Geico asked a California federal court to stay a proposed class action stemming from a data breach, or transfer it from California to New York where four other breach-related suits are located, saying it should not be forced to litigate substantially similar claims in two courts.
October 05, 2021
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation denied Geico's bid to centralize five suits stemming from the insurer's data breach and suggested the parties informally coordinate, handing a win to a proposed class of California Geico policyholders that was the lone holdout against centralization.
October 01, 2021
A proposed class of California Geico policyholders told the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that its suit stemming from the insurer's data breach should not be centralized with four other suits as it pursues a unique state-law-based claim, making the California plaintiffs the lone holdout against centralization.