The federal judge presiding over massive multidistrict litigation stemming from last year’s data breach at Atlanta-based Equifax Inc. has signed a protective order warning lawyers that, while some highly sensitive materials may be sealed during the litigation, they should treat documents filed in the case as “presumptively public.”

U.S. District Chief Judge Thomas Thrash also said he would require “an appropriate showing” to justify any confidentiality claims.

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