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> I'd like to see the courts force Equifax to pay $X to everyone whose information they leaked, whether they request it or not. Unfortunately I'm not sure that
by mehrdadn 7y ago
> I'd like to see the courts force Equifax to pay $X to everyone whose information they leaked, whether they request it or not.
Unfortunately I'm not sure that's an option:
"You can’t ask the Court to order a larger settlement; the Court can only approve or deny the settlement as it is."
- ceejayoz 7y agoDenying the settlement leaves open the possibility of a larger one. The court just can't order the subsequent negotiation have a specific result.
- mehrdadn 7y agoWhich is not what the parent comment was going for. It said, "I'd like to see the courts force Equifax [...]".
- prophesi 7y agoNow it's just semantics. Denying the current settlement would inevitably result in a larger settlement, unless everyone appealing to the courts is saying that the $125 repayment is too much.
- mehrdadn 7y agoHow is this just semantics? If they have to do things over, they might just reach a different settlement than paying individual people $X. Or heck, there's always a chance they won't agree and will have to battle it out in court. Or maybe something else that I can't think of. It might be likely that they'd come up with a better payment, but it seems far inevitable to me.
- doingmyting 7y agoI think that's the point of saying "I'd like to see ...". It's more of a wish or hope