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Tell HN: We'll pay for you to sue Equifax
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#32So, "ambulance chasing" meets "webscale"?
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#33>Making users enroll on https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/
Piss off.
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#34I am a Equifax data leak victim. How do I know Legalist is dependable and trustworthy so that my personal information is NOT going to be leaked by Legalist again in the future for the second time? And small claim court filling fee is only less than $100 (in my state it's $35, appeal is $250 refundable). And maximum claim amount in small claim court in my state is $3000. Is it worthy for me to trust another 3rd party…
Also a victim. I personally would rather get a 4-figure settlement in small claims court instead of a $5 check in five years from a class action.
IANAL, but it doesn't look like Legalist is handling any information that you wouldn't be making publicly available in a court filing were you to do this yourself. As someone who doesn't have the time or diligence to do all this myself, I actually find this pretty useful.
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#35OK, on the site under the reg info it says to "Verify" you were part of the breach by using Equifax's verification site. Hasn't it already been established that this site is giving (at best) inconsistent results? So if their of-dubious-use tool says I wasn't impacted I have no recourse? Also, the amounts available in small claims court seems like peanuts compared to my data being "out there" permanently. This is just…
What do you think will come out of the class-action lawsuits and how much do you think people will get per capita after the lawyers are paid?
I have a feeling that in small courts you can at least get more than that. PA for example has a max of $12k claim amount.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Absolutely! The only authorized representatives are company officers or lawyers, and many small claims courts don't allow lawyers. So unless the CEO of Equifax attends every court hearing in the country, or unless the judge allows them to move it out of small claims court, you're likely to recover. (not a lawyer, not legal advice)
unless the judge allows them to move it out of small claims court How common is this?
From what I've read on some law blogs, this doesn't happen often at all, and were it to happen, it would also mean that there's no reason for Equifax not to also deal with these cases in a class action.
Re: Tell HN: We'll pay for you to sue Equifax
#37So, "ambulance chasing" meets "webscale"?
Better call Saul!
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Absolutely! The only authorized representatives are company officers or lawyers, and many small claims courts don't allow lawyers. So unless the CEO of Equifax attends every court hearing in the country, or unless the judge allows them to move it out of small claims court, you're likely to recover. (not a lawyer, not legal advice)
unless the judge allows them to move it out of small claims court How common is this?
Furthermore, can the court compel some kind of class-action suit if it realizes there's a small claims backlog of thousands of plaintiffs against the same defendant for the same issue? This thing could clog all the SC courts in the country if all 100mm people file like this.
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#39I'm not a lawyer, but don't you have to prove that you've suffered material losses to prevail in court? I'm not sure you're entitled to anything just because you've been put at risk for identity theft.
We're all gonna need a lifetime of credit monitoring. Equifax is only offering it for the first year, so figure out what an average lifetime's worth is gonna cost you...
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Litigation finance is like a contingency arrangement - if you file the case and the judge dismisses it, there's no risk to you. But if you do file the case and win $1000, we'll recover alongside you.
FYI - when you dodge the question this way, you look as bad as equifax. What is in it for you? Do you take a percentage of the judgement? I'll probably end up paying a lawyer to advise me on the best way to get back at Equifax. But, I'm not going to do business with you because you're shady and won't disclose your interest in this case.
What is in it for you? Do you take a percentage of the judgement?
Just because you don't know how lawyerin' works is no excuse to be insulting. They take a contingency, like every other friggin' lawyer on the planet. (No financial interest, don't know the founders from Adam, yada, yada)