Legal Opinion
In re Equifax, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided January 28, 2019No. MDL DOCKET NO. 2800; 1:17-md-2800-TWTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS W. THRASH, JR. United States District Judge
This is a data breach case. It is before the Court on the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Financial Institutions' Consolidated Amended Complaint [Doc. 435]. For the reasons set forth below, the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the Financial Institutions' Consolidated Amended Complaint [Doc. 435] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.
I. Background
On September 7, 2017, the Defendant Equifax Inc. announced that it was the subject of one of the largest data breaches in history.1 From mid-May through the end of July 2017, hackers stole the personal…
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