Partner Amy E. Keller served as co-lead counsel in the high-profile class action litigation stemming from the massive 2017 Equifax data breach, which exposed the Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some cases, the driver’s license and credit card numbers of over 147 million consumers. On July 22, 2019, Amy and her co-counsel secured preliminary approval of the largest data privacy settlement in U.S. history, the total value of which should rise to over $1.5 billion.
This historic settlement received national attention, as it not only provides substantial relief to those consumers whose lives have been disrupted by the data theft, but it also ensures Equifax will dramatically improve its security practices moving forward.