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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> DOJ Wants Massive Government Data Breach Suits Consolidated

By Amanda Bronstad
October 01, 2015

It was the worst data breach in the history of the U.S. government, and now the Justice Department says the ensuing lawsuits filed in six different jurisdictions belong in a single court in Washington, D.C.

On Oct. 1, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in New York was set to hear arguments on a motion filed in July by DOJ trial lawyers who want to coordinate what are now eight lawsuits pertaining to the massive data breach last summer at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

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