IN RE EQUIFAX INC. CUSTOMER DATA SECURITY BREACH

No. 20-10249.

999 F.3d 1247 (2021)

IN RE EQUIFAX INC. CUSTOMER DATA SECURITY BREACH LITIGATION Shiyang Huang, et al., Movants-Appellants, Brian F. Spector, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Equifax Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shiyang Huang, Topeka, KS, Pro Se.

Theodore H. Frank , Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, Washington, DC, for Movants-Appellants Theodore H. Frank, David R. Watkins.

Roy E. Barnes , John R. Bevis , James Cameron Tribble , Barnes Law Group, LLC, Marietta, GA, Kenneth S. Canfield , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Amy Elisabeth Keller , Adam J. Levitt , DiCello Levitt Gutzler, LLC, Chicago, IL, Marisa Kendra Glassman , John Yanchunis , Morgan & Morgan, Complex Litigation Group, Tampa, FL, Justin Hawal , AT, DiCello Levitt Gutzler, LLC, Mentor, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee Brian F. Spector.

Roy E. Barnes , John R. Bevis , James Cameron Tribble , Barnes Law Group, LLC, Marietta, GA, Kenneth S. Canfield , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Marisa Kendra Glassman , John Yanchunis , Morgan & Morgan, Complex Litigation Group, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee James McGonnigal.

Robert William Clore , Bandas Law Firm, PC, Corpus Christi, TX, Jerome J. Froelich, Jr. , McKenney & Froelich, Atlanta, GA, for Movant-Appellant Mikell West.

Roy E. Barnes , John R. Bevis , James Cameron Tribble , Barnes Law Group, LLC, Marietta, GA, Kenneth S. Canfield , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Norman E. Siegel , Barrett Jay Vahle , John Austin Moore , Stueve Siegel Hanson, LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Randolph Jefferson Cary, III, Robin D. Porter, William R. Porter.

George Willard Cochran, Jr., Kent, OH, Pro Se.

Charles Benjamin Nutley , Law Office of Charles Benjamin Nutley, Pasadena, CA, Eric Alan Isaacson , Law Office of Eric Alan Isaacson, La Jolla, CA, for Movant-Appellant John W. Davis.

John W. Davis, Tampa, FL, Pro Se.

David L. Balser , Elizabeth Dees Adler , Robert Douglas Griest , Sidney Stewart Haskins, II , Phyllis B. Sumner , John C. Toro , King & Spalding, LLP, Stephen P. Drobny , Jones Walker, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Jordan S. Bolton , Clark Hill, PLC, Detroit, MI, Matthew Vernon Burrows , Gallagher Callahan & Gartrell PC, Concord, NH, Jayna Morse Cacioppo , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Melissa A. Campbell , Law Office of Mark S. Roher, PA, Plantation, FL, Charles Henry Carpenter , Pepper Hamilton—DC, Adam Cooke , Michelle Anne Kisloff , Hogan Lovells US, LLP, Noam B. Fischman , Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, PC, Edith Ramirez , Federal Trade Commission, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, Peter Corsale , Polsinelli PC, Saint Louis, MO, Alicia Bliss Gilbert , Peter Isajiw , King & Spalding, LLP, Joann Needleman , Clark Hill PLC—PA, New York, NY, Wesley B. Gilchrist , Harlan Irby Prater, IV , Lightfoot Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Molly Renee Hamilton Cawley , MHC Law, LLC, Charleston, SC, Christopher J. Haugen , Joseph W. Lawver , Messerli & Kramer, P.A, Minneapolis, MN, Benjamin C. Jensen , Robinson & Cole, LLP, Hartford, CT, John R. Lawless, Jr. , King and Spalding LLP, Los Angeles, CA, William O. Luckett, Jr. , Luckett Tyner Law Firm, P.A., Clarksdale, MS, Daniel D. McGuire , Polsinelli, PC, Dallas, TX, Stewart O. Peay , Snell & Wilmer, LLP, Salt Lake City, UT, Roger D. Rowe , Ralph Downing Scott, III , Lax Vaughn Fortson Rowe Threet P.A, Little Rock, AR, Rachel M. Wertheimer , Verrill & Dana, Portland, ME, John M. Williams , Williams, Kilpatrick & True, PLLC, Lexington, KY, Patricia Williams , Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, Albuquerque, NM, G. Gabriel Zorogastua , Polsinelli PC—MO, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellee Equifax, Inc.

David L. Balser , Elizabeth Dees Adler , Robert Douglas Griest , Zachary Andrew McEntyre , Phyllis B. Sumner , John C. Toro , King & Spalding, LLP, John M. Williams , Savell & Williams, Atlanta, GA, Bradley Austin , Snell & Wilmer, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, Jayna Morse Cacioppo , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Molly Renee Hamilton Cawley , MHC Law, LLC, Charleston, SC, Christopher J. Haugen , Joseph W. Lawver , Messerli & Kramer, P.A, Minneapolis, MN, John R. Lawless, Jr. , King and Spalding LLP, Los Angeles, CA, William O. Luckett, Jr. , Luckett Tyner Law Firm, P.A., Clarksdale, MS, Edith Ramirez , Federal Trade Commission, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, Vincent M. Roskovensky , Clark Hill Strasburger, Pittsburgh, PA, Roger D. Rowe , Ralph Downing Scott, III , Lax Vaughn Fortson Rowe Threet P.A, Little Rock, AR, Rachel M. Wertheimer , Verrill & Dana, Portland, ME, Patricia Williams , Wiggins, Williams & Wiggins, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellee Equifax Information Services LLC.

Kirkland E. Reid , The Finley Firm, PC, Columbus, GA, Phyllis B. Sumner , King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee Equifax Information Solutions, LLC.

Ryan D. Andrews , Edelson, PC, Chicago, IL, John Aaron Lawson , Edelson PC, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae Jay Edelson.

Before MARTIN, GRANT, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges.


This appeal arises from the 2017 data privacy breach of Equifax Inc. and its affiliates (collectively "Equifax"). After the breach came to light, scores of class actions against Equifax flooded the courts. The cases were consolidated in the Northern District of Georgia, where Plaintiffs and Equifax eventually settled their...

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