In re PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. and PowerSchool Group, LLC Customer Data Security Breach Litigation

Summary

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation orders centralization of litigation arising from the PowerSchool customer data security breach. The Panel transfers the listed actions to the Southern District of California and assigns them to Judge Roger T. Benitez for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1407.

Holdings

1. Centralization was warranted because the actions involved common questions of fact arising from the same PowerSchool cybersecurity incident and presented substantially overlapping claims and discovery issues.
2. The Southern District of California was an appropriate transferee district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.
3. Informal coordination was not shown to be the most efficient method of resolving the litigation.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the actions involve common questions of fact warranting centralization under 28 U.S.C. § 1407.
2. Whether centralization in the Southern District of California would serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of the litigation.
3. Whether informal coordination or transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1404 would be preferable to multidistrict centralization.

Disposition

other