Mealey's (November 30, 2015, 1:56 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — The plaintiffs in a putative class action over a breach of Anthem Inc.’s database, which was consolidated with many similar cases, saw their motion to remand to New York state court denied Nov. 24 by a California federal judge, who found that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), thus requiring federal jurisdiction (Y. Michael Smilow, et al. v. Anthem Life & Disability Insurance Co., et al., No. 15-cv-04739, N.D. Calif.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159643)....