IN RE: EQUIFAX, INC., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation
Case Number:
1:17-md-02800
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Abbey Spanier
- Abbott Law Group PA
- Abraham Fruchter
- Adams Jordan
- Ademi & O'Reilly
- Ahdoot & Wolfson
- Aidenbaum Schloff
- Annabelle Lee Patterson PLC
- Arnall Golden
- Bailey & Galyen
- Bailey & Glasser
- Bandas Law Firm
- Barnow & Associates
- Barrack Rodos
- Barrett Law Group
- Battle & Winn
- Baxter & Baxter LLP
- Beasley Allen
- Beck Amsden
- Beggs & Lane
- Berezofsky Law Group LLC
- Berger Montague
- Berman Fink
- Bickerton Law Group
- Bisnar Chase
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Blood Hurst
- Bochner IP
- Boehl Stopher
- Brett H. Oppenheimer PLLC
- Briskin Cross
- Bronstein Gewirtz
- Buckley Bala
- Buckner & Miles
- Buether Joe
- Burns Charest
- Bursor & Fisher
- Burt Langley
- Cafferty Clobes
- Callison Tighe
- Carney Bates
- Carr & Carr
- Carstens Allen
- Casey Gerry
- Chaiken Ghali
- Chapel Law Group
- Chestnut Cambronne
- Chimicles Schwartz
- Church Law Firm
- Clark Hill
- Clay Taulbee
- Clifford Law Offices
- Coast Law Group LLP
- Coffman Law Firm
- Cohen Hirsch
- Cohen & Malad
- Cohen Milstein
- Cohen Rosenthal
- Cole & Van Note
- Colson Hicks
- Conley Griggs
- Consumer Litigation Associates
- Cook & Connelly
- Cooper & Kirk
- Corboy & Demetrio
- Cotchett Pitre
- Dann Law Firm
- Dennis Corry
- Dentons
- Derek G. Howard Law Firm
- DeWoskin Law Firm
- DiCello Levitt
- Dilworth Paxson
- Doffermyre Shields
- Dorros Law
- Doss Firm
- Douglas Leonard
- Duncan Law Group
- East End Trial Group
- Edelsberg Law
- Edelson PC
- Edwards & Culver
- Elarbee Thompson
- Emerson Firm
- Evangelista Worley
- Faruqi & Faruqi
- Federman & Sherwood
- Fee Smith
- FeganScott
- Feinstein Doyle
- Finkelstein Blankinship
- Finkelstein Thompson
- Finley Firm
- First Albrecht
- FisherBroyles
- Fitzgerald Joseph LLP
- Fleming Law Firm PLLC
- Foote Mielke
- Francis Mailman
- Fried Frank
- Gallagher Callahan
- Gardy & Notis
- Geragos & Geragos
- Gianola Barnum
- Giatras Law Firm
- Gibbs Law Group
- Girardi & Keese
- Girard Sharp
- Glancy Prongay
- Godfrey & Kahn
- Goldenberg Schneider
- Goldman Scarlato
- Gordon Wolf & Carney
- Grabar Law
- Gray & White
- Green & Noblin PC
- Griffin & Strong
- Grimes Teich
- Gross & Belsky
- Grossman Roth
- Gustafson Gluek
- Haber Law PA
- Haeggquist & Eck
- Hagens Berman
- Haines & Krieger
- Hall & Lampros
- Hall Maines
- Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute
- Harris Lowry
- Hartley Law Group
- Hausfeld LLP
- Hayes Windish
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- Herman Gerel
- Hermina Law Group
- Hogan Lovells
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- Hutchings Barsamian
- Javerbaum Wurgaft
- Johnston Allison
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- Koskoff Koskoff
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- Krevolin & Horst
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- Lanier Law Firm
- Law Office of Brian M. Garvine
- Law Office of Nicholas F. Ortiz
- Law Office of Rick Morin
- Law Offices of David A. Bain
- Law Offices of Gary Green
- Law Offices of Murphy & Associates
- Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman
- Lee Holen Law Office
- Levi & Korsinsky
- Levin Sedran
- Lieff Cabraser
- Lightfoot Franklin
- Lockridge Grindal
- Locks Law Firm
- Lynch Carpenter
- Maddox Hargett
- Mastando & Artrip
- McDowell Hetherington
- McGowan Hood
- McKenney & Froelich
- McNabb Bragorgos
- McRae Bertschi
- Mee Mee
- Messerli & Kramer
- Mickelsen Dalton
- Milberg Coleman
- MoloLamken
- Morgan & Morgan
- Morrison Sherwood
- Motley Rice
- Murphy Falcon
- Murray Law Firm
- Nixon Vogelman
- OlsenDaines
- Ozzello Practice
- Pearson Warshaw
- Perkins Thompson
- Phillips Erlewine
- Pittman Dutton
- Pivotal Law Group
- Polsinelli PC
- Pomerantz LLP
- Pope McGlamry
- Quinn Connor Weaver
- Quinn Emanuel
- Raines Feldman
- Reid Collins
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Robbins Alloy
- Robbins Geller
- Robin Frazer Clark PC
- Robins Kaplan
- Robinson Calcagnie
- Robinson & Cole
- Roxanne Conlin & Associates
- Rozier Hardt
- Rusing Lopez
- Russomanno & Borrello
- Sacks Weston
- Saltz Mongeluzzi
- Sanford Heisler
- Sarraf Gentile
- Sauder Schelkopf
- Savell & Williams
- Saveri & Saveri
- Sawaya Law Firm
- Schack Law Group
- Schneider & Branch
- Schneider Wallace
- Schubert Jonckheer
- Seeger Weiss
- Semnar & Hartman
- Shelsby & Leoni
- Shub & Johns
- Simmons Hanly
- Smith Gambrell
- Smith Gildea
- Smith Phillips
- Snell & Wilmer
- Solberg Stewart
- Sommers Schwartz
- Southern Med Law
- Spector Roseman
- Squitieri & Fearon
- Stack Fernandez
- Steckler Wayne
- Steel Wright Gray
- Stein Mitchell
- Stone & Magnanini
- Stranch Jennings
- Streett Law Firm
- Stritmatter Kessler
- Stueve Siegel
- Stull Stull
- Susman Godfrey
- Syverson Lesowitz
- Taft Stettinius
- Taylor English
- Taylor Martino
- Teske Katz
- The Brualdi Law Firm
- The Cottle Firm
- The Law Offices of Steven E. Armstrong
- TorHoerman Law
- Trief & Olk
- Troutman Pepper
- Turke & Strauss
- Verrill Dana
- Watts & Herring
- Weatherby Law Firm
- Webb Klase
- Weinberg Wheeler
- Westerman Law Corp.
- Whitfield Bryson
- Whittel & Melton
- Wiggins Williams & Wiggins
- Wilentz Goldman
- William H. Parish PC
- Williams Kilpatrick
- Williamson Fontenot
- Wites Law Firm
- Withersworldwide
- Wolf Haldenstein
- W. Pitts Carr & Associates
- Zarzaur Law
- Zimmerman Reed
Companies
- Army Aviation Center Federal Credit Union
- Bank of Zachary
- Centreville Bank
- Cooperative Credit Union Association Inc.
- Credit Union National Association Inc.
- Equifax Inc.
- First Financial Holdings, Inc.
- FNCB Bank
- Heartland Credit Union
- Illinois Credit Union League Inc.
- Independent Community Bankers of America
- Michigan Credit Union League
- Peach State Federal Credit Union
- Peoples National Bank NA
- SELCO Community Credit Union
- Seven Seventeen Credit Union Inc.
- State Employees Federal Credit Union
- Summit Credit Union
- Suncoast Credit Union
- Texas First Bank
- The League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates
- Virginia Credit Union Inc.
- WGL Holdings Inc.
- Wisconsin Credit Union League Inc.
Government Agencies
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Red Cliff Band
- State of Indiana
- St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Sectors & Industries:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.