High Court Rebuffs Challenge To Ghostwritten Orders In Equifax Data Breach Suit

Mealey's (January 10, 2022, 1:05 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A petition for certiorari filed by two objectors to the settlement of the consumer class in the consolidated class action over Equifax Inc.’s 2017 data breach was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court in its Jan. 10 order list, leaving unaddressed the petitioners’ questions about the propriety of settlement orders ghostwritten by prevailing counsel and the adequacy of class representation....