In re Accellion, Inc. Data Breach Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 MADALYN BROWN, et al., Case No. 5:21-cv-01155-EJD

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

INTERVENE

v.

ACCELLION, INC., et al., Re: ECF No. 94 Defendants.

Counsel for a class of Washington plaintiffs who were injured by a data breach involving Accellion, Inc. and the Washington State Auditor’s Office (“Proposed Intervenors”) seek to intervene in this consolidated action to oppose the preliminary approval of the Parties’ proposed settlement. Notice of Motion and Motion to Intervene (“Mot.”), ECF No. 94. Certain Plaintiffs and Defendants oppose Proposed Intervenors’ motion. Having considered the parties’ and Proposed Intervenors’ submissions, the Court DENIES the motion to intervene. I. BACKGROUND A. Accellion and the Data Breach Defendant Accellion, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that offered products and services for secure file transfers between third parties. One such…