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This week, Equifax reported in on the costs associated with its massive data breach. As you’ll recall, the data breach exposed personal information from approximately 145 million Americans. The company’s CEO stepped down less than three weeks after the hack. Shortly after taking over, interim CEO Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr., apologized and promised consumers…

If you’ve been following the case of Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo vs. Uber Technologies, Inc., you may know that it’s a bit of a horse race. Observers say it’s hard to gauge which company has the stronger claim because much of the evidence has been filed under seal. However, the judge hearing the case said last…

After a data breach that affected some 143 million U.S. consumers and a series of missteps in the aftermath, Equifax has named a new interim CEO: Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr. In an op-ed piece for The Wall Street Journal, Barros said he wanted to express his “sincere and total apology” that the credit reporting…

Authored by Paul Tennison, Summer Associate, Cole Law Group. Disclaimer: This blog post is not legal advice. This post is intended to give a bit of background information about the affirmative defense of lack of personal jurisdiction in the State of Tennessee. Each case is different and there are tactical considerations about when to assert defenses.…