U.S. District Judge Christine O’Hearn of the District of New Jersey will take on her first multi-district litigation under an order putting her in charge of 17 suits over alleged breaches of consumer data from Samsung.
The Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation opted to send the lawsuits to the District of New Jersey—even though many plaintiff lawyers suing Samsung wanted the litigation to be heard in the Northern District of California, and lawyers for Samsung asked for the cases to go to Nevada or New York.
Years to Take a Case to Trial
Christine O’Hearn of Brown & Connery in Westmont, New Jersey, who on April 29, 2021, was nominated for a district judgeship in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Courtesy photo
