Cash or credit monitoring? Choice leads to more just — and cheaper — legal settlements
- Written by Nathan Atkinson, Postdoctoral Researcher in Law and Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
How much is harm worth?Chan2545/Shutterstock.comIf you are among the approximately 147 million people affected by the Equifax data breach, you may be looking forward to your cut of the US$700 million legal settlement.
Under the settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, Equifax hacking victims get a choice: free credit monitoring for...
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