Nationwide Seeks Stay Of Discovery In Remanded Data Breach Class Actions

(March 8, 2017, 12:26 PM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a March 2 motion in Ohio federal court, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. requests reconsideration of an earlier ruling declining to stay discovery in a pair of class actions over a 2012 data breach, arguing that the claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) will likely be dismissed and calling the plaintiffs’ discovery requests broad and burdensome (Mohammad S. Galaria, et al. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., No. 2:13-cv-00118, and Anthony Hancox, et al. v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., No. 2:13-cv-00257, S.D. Ohio)....