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IN RE: EQUIFAX, INC., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation

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Case Number:

1:17-md-02800

Court:

Georgia Northern

Nature of Suit:

Contract: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Thomas W. Thrash, Jr

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  1. March 24, 2023

    Sanford Heisler Appeals Equifax $77M Atty Fee Share Suit Nix

    Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP has declined a Georgia federal judge's invitation to hear its grievance about the distribution of a $77.5 million attorney fee award in the Equifax data breach multidistrict litigation, opting first to appeal the judge's order dismissing its out-of-state case against co-lead counsel.

  2. March 08, 2023

    Ga. Judge Slams Sanford Heisler Bid To 'Usurp' His Authority

    A Georgia federal judge ordered Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP to pull from a Tennessee court its case against co-lead counsel in Equifax multidistrict litigation, challenging its share of $77.5 million in attorney fees, saying Wednesday it was an attempt to "usurp" his authority.

  3. March 07, 2023

    Sanford Heisler Seeks Larger Cut Of $77M Fees In Equifax Suit

    Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, which helped class representatives win a landmark $425 million data breach deal from Equifax Inc., has asked the Georgia federal judge who oversaw the multidistrict litigation to allow its challenge of co-lead counsel's $77.5 million fee allocation to proceed in a Tennessee court.

  4. May 15, 2020

    Equifax Inks $30M Deal With Credit Unions Over Data Breach

    Equifax Inc. has agreed to pay $5.5 million to a putative class of thousands of banks and credit unions, and to spend at least $25 million on the financial institutions' data security, to end their claims in multidistrict litigation stemming from a massive 2017 data breach, the banks said Friday.

  5. February 11, 2020

    Objectors To Fight Equifax Data Breach Deal At 11th Circ.

    Two objecting class members are appealing the landmark data breach deal that requires Equifax to pay up to $425 million to consumers, taking their concerns about class counsel fees and the fairness of the settlement to the Eleventh Circuit.

  6. January 15, 2020

    Equifax Data Breach Settlement Is A Good Deal, Judge Says

    A landmark data breach deal that requires Equifax to pay up to $425 million to consumers provides valuable monetary and injunctive benefits that "likely exceed" what class members could have achieved at trial, a Georgia federal judge said in a lengthy ruling explaining why he approved the contested settlement. 

  7. December 20, 2019

    Contested Equifax Data Breach Deal Gets Final Nod

    A Georgia federal judge has granted final approval to a landmark data breach deal that requires Equifax to pay up to $425 million to consumers and $77.5 million in attorney fees, class counsel said Friday as one of the settlement's fiercest opponents vowed to appeal the decision to the Eleventh Circuit.  

  8. December 09, 2019

    Equifax Consumer Class Attorneys Defend Data Breach Deal

    Consumer class attorneys are defending an Equifax data breach settlement they say provides unprecedented value, while blaming the news media for spreading the "misleading" idea that all breach victims were eligible for a $125 payout.

  9. November 19, 2019

    Class Action Watchdog Objects To Equifax Data Breach Deal

    A class action watchdog who recently challenged a Google privacy settlement at the U.S. Supreme Court objected Tuesday to Equifax's data breach deal, claiming that class counsel inflated its fee request and stifled consumers' efforts to make monetary claims. 

  10. October 31, 2019

    Class Attys Seek $77.5M In Fees For Equifax Breach Deal

    The attorneys who secured a $380.5 million cash fund for victims of Equifax Inc.'s massive 2017 data breach in Georgia federal court are asking for just over 20% of that fund in fees and another $1.2 million to cover expenses.