refused to be interviewed by nbc. this is him. richard f. smith. nearly 40 states are investigating the breach and massachusetts is planning to sue equifax. for more, joined by a columnist for the los angeles times who focuses on business and consumers affairs, part-time radio host and recently wrote about equifax s response to the hack, specifically, david, that the clause they included about denying people the right to join a class action lawsuit. i m one of those people who got an e-mail when it happened to say, press a button, find out if you were hacked s typical fashion, you can t do that, got to put in information and say, yes, yes, yes. to all sorts of things. one of the things i agreed to a clause they had in there. a number of attorneys general descended upon them after that and said, this can t be true. well, you know, you re right. and i think a lot of consumer outreach was kind of misplaced because even though there was an