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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170914005511/en/Legalist-Pay-Data-Breach-Victims-Sue-Equifax
https://www.legalist.com/equifax/
From their home page:
> All legal bills covered.
> Litigation is expensive. Whether it’s attorney’s fees or that expert witness report you need to prove damages, litigation costs can add up. When you’re backed by Legalist, you don’t have to worry about unexpected legal expenses. Focus on growing your business, and we’ll take care of it.
I'm always skeptical of assurances like this.
What's in this for Legalist? From their home page: > All legal bills covered. > Litigation is expensive. Whether it’s attorney’s fees or that expert witness report you need to prove damages, litigation costs can add up. When you’re backed by Legalist, you don’t have to worry about unexpected legal expenses. Focus on growing your business, and we’ll take care of it. I'm always skeptical of assurances like this.
What's in this for Legalist? From their home page: > All legal bills covered. > Litigation is expensive. Whether it’s attorney’s fees or that expert witness report you need to prove damages, litigation costs can add up. When you’re backed by Legalist, you don’t have to worry about unexpected legal expenses. Focus on growing your business, and we’ll take care of it. I'm always skeptical of assurances like this.
> Only if you win your case is repayment deducted from your recovery. Legalist funding varies from case to case, depending on your case details and our risk assessment outputs.
1. https://www.legalist.com/faqs/
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What's in this for Legalist? From their home page: > All legal bills covered. > Litigation is expensive. Whether it’s attorney’s fees or that expert witness report you need to prove damages, litigation costs can add up. When you’re backed by Legalist, you don’t have to worry about unexpected legal expenses. Focus on growing your business, and we’ll take care of it. I'm always skeptical of assurances like this.
What's in this for Legalist? From their home page: > All legal bills covered. > Litigation is expensive. Whether it’s attorney’s fees or that expert witness report you need to prove damages, litigation costs can add up. When you’re backed by Legalist, you don’t have to worry about unexpected legal expenses. Focus on growing your business, and we’ll take care of it. I'm always skeptical of assurances like this.
These guys should be, at the very least, fined by the government for how blatantly careless they were with consumers' PII. I can't believe the credit bureau oligopoly in the United States is this technologically incompetent, but I suppose it's not surprising given the lack of economic incentive to innovate. Hefty fines / settlement payouts should do the trick...
What's in this for Legalist? From their home page: > All legal bills covered. > Litigation is expensive. Whether it’s attorney’s fees or that expert witness report you need to prove damages, litigation costs can add up. When you’re backed by Legalist, you don’t have to worry about unexpected legal expenses. Focus on growing your business, and we’ll take care of it. I'm always skeptical of assurances like this.
If the class law suit wins, they get their share. And it already seems certain to win by now, I imagine.
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If the class law suit wins, they get their share. And it already seems certain to win by now, I imagine.
Just a clarification - while there are multiple class action lawsuits against Equifax, Legalist is funding individual consumers to take action in small claims court. It's faster and you're likely to recover more.