By R. Robin McDonald | March 14, 2018
The SEC accused the former executive of capitalizing on confidential company information to cash in his stock options in advance of Equifax's public announcement of a massive data breach.
By Marcia Coyle | March 12, 2018
Google Inc. tells the U.S. Supreme Court there was nothing unfair or unreasonable about the tech company's $8.5 million settlement of a privacy class action in which $5.3 million of the funds go to third parties and none to members of the class. Class members—more than 100 million Google users—each would have received 4 cents, court records show. The Google settlement directs settlement funds to be distributed proportionally to six recipients that are devoted to web privacy.
By R. Robin McDonald | March 1, 2018
Equifax on Thursday expanded the number of consumers whose financial data and personal information have been compromised to a breathtaking 148 million.
By Meredith Hobbs | February 28, 2018
Neither Phi Nguyen nor Jess Davis, the Atlanta lawyers who spearheaded the case, had any experience in immigration law when they got started on a massive national class action on behalf of Vietnamese refugees.
By Greg Land | February 15, 2018
The suit alleged thousands of violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and includes almost $440,000 in attorney fees and expenses.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By John C. Amabile | February 15, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court has tilted the playing field so that any state law found to be contrary to the Federal Arbitration Act is subject to complete pre-emption.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 14, 2018
"I don't want to prejudge any existing matter except to say in any major issue involving data breaches, I would expect the commission to be all over it, providing the necessary resources and just being very vigorous," former Paul Weiss partner Joe Simons, the FTC chair nominee, said at his confirmation hearing.
By R. Robin McDonald | February 12, 2018
The lawyers appointed to lead the litigation on behalf of consumers and financial institutions in the Equifax multidistrict litigation include a number of familiar faces who also served in leadership roles in the 2014 Home Depot data breach MDL.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Scott Flaherty | January 16, 2018
This latest gender discrimination complaint bears some resemblance to other recent suits against law firms. But it also has some distinguishing and unique features.
By R. Robin McDonald | January 16, 2018
U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. has set up separate litigation tracks for 334 consumer suits and 62 suits by financial institutions against Equifax. Thrash also will preside over separate securities fraud claims against the Atlanta-based credit bureau.
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