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Civil Litigation

Sep. 12, 2017

Equifax faces class action over consumer data breach

San Diego firm files class action against Equifax, more expected.

Equifax faces class action over consumer data breach
From left, Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP attorneys Ed Chapin, managing partner of the San Diego office, Kevin Sharp, managing partner of the Nashville office, and Danielle Fuschetti, associate with the San Francisco office, have filed a class action against Equifax Inc. on behalf of the roughly 143 million consumers whose information was stolen from the company. More state and federal actions are expected to follow

Disgruntled consumers in San Diego joined the first wave of litigation against the credit-reporting agency Equifax Inc., which is facing the prospect of massive legal retaliation following its announcement that a data breach compromised the private information of roughly 143 million consumers in the United States.

Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP filed a suit late on Friday accusing Equifax of negligence in failing to protect its clients’ names, Social Security numbers addresses, and oth...

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