Magistrate Denies Data Breach Plaintiffs’ Motion To Depose Anthem CEO

Mealey's (December 12, 2016, 9:58 AM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal magistrate judge on Dec. 8 concluded that a requested deposition of the chief executive officer of Anthem Inc. was unlikely to uncover new information and had the potential for abuse, leading the magistrate to quash the deposition sought by the plaintiffs in a putative class action over Anthem’s 2015 data breach (In Re:  Anthem Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 5:15-md-02617, N.D. Calif.)....