JPMDL:  Centralization Of GEICO Data Breach Putative Class Actions Is Not Necessary

Mealey's (October 6, 2021, 11:03 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. —The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) on Oct. 4 denied GEICO’s motion to transfer and centralize five related putative class actions arising from a purported data security breach of its online sales system, finding that “informal coordination among the small number of parties and involved courts appears eminently feasible” as opposed to consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings as a multidistrict litigation....