Judge gives final approval to billion-dollar Equifax data breach class action settlement

A federal judge in Atlanta has given final approval to a billion-dollar settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Equifax Inc. by consumers damaged by its 2017 data breach. In orders entered Jan. 13, U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. granted consumer plaintiffs’ motion for final approval of the proposed settlement and a motion for attorney’s fees, expenses and service awards to class representatives, and dismissed all objections to the settlement. Lawyers for consumers, which include…