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April 11, 2016
Class Representatives In Ashley Madison MDL May Not Proceed Under Pseudonyms
ST. LOUIS — A Missouri federal judge on April 6 ruled that 42 plaintiffs currently proceeding under pseudonyms in a multidistrict litigation against the operator of AshleyMadison.com related to a July 2015 breach of the adult dating website’s network who wish to serve as class representatives must decide to use their real names or dismiss their complaints and proceed without revealing their names as class members (In Re Ashley Madison Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 15-2669, E.D. Mo.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46893).
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February 25, 2016
AI Company’s Subpoena Of Its Former Law Firm’s Documents Mostly Quashed
SAN FRANCISCO — An artificial intelligence (AI) company saw its subpoena for documents from a law firm that previously represented it quashed on Feb. 24 by a California federal magistrate judge, who found that the federal fiduciary exception to the attorney-client privilege did not apply (Loop AI Labs Inc. v. Anna Gatti, et al., No. 3:15-cv-00798, N.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22656).
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December 10, 2015
Ashley Madison Data Breach Class Actions Consolidated In Missouri Federal Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five lawsuits against the operator AshleyMadison.com related to a July 2015 breach of the adult dating website’s network were consolidated in Missouri federal court on Dec. 9 by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL), which ruled that centralization in that venue will best “serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of this litigation” (In Re: Ashley Madison Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL No. 2669, JPMDL).