Bratten

UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL

on

MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

IN RE: AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLECTION AGENCY, INC.,

CUSTOMER DATA SECURITY BREACH LITIGATION MDL No. 2904

TRANSFER ORDER

Before the Panel:∗ Defendants Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (“Quest”) and Optum360 LLC move under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 for transfer of the action listed on Schedule A (Bratten) to MDL No. 2904. Plaintiff Bratten, who is represented by plaintiffs’ lead counsel in the MDL, opposes the motion. After considering the argument of counsel, we find that the Bratten action involves common questions of fact with the actions transferred to MDL No. 2904, and that transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 will serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of the litigation. In the order establishing this MDL, we held that centralization was warranted for actions concerning a data security breach on the systems of American Medical Collection Agency (“AMCA”) involving patient data that various medical diagnostic testing companies and their agents, such as Quest and Optum360, had provided to AMCA for billing and collection purposes. See In re American Med.…