Equifax Data Breach Suits Stayed Pending JPMDL Consolidation Motions

Mealey's (October 4, 2017, 2:27 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A Georgia federal judge on Oct. 3 granted a motion by Equifax Inc. to stay a putative class action over the firm’s recently announced data breach, pending a decision by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (JPMDL) on the plaintiffs’ motion to consolidate the suit with similar suits filed across the country (James McGonnigal, et al. v. Equifax Inc., No. 1:17-cv-03422, N.D. Ga.)....