Con-artists are the only people who want you to think that it's insulting to ask them how they are compensated. I've worked with plenty of lawyers over the years and none of the ethical ones have ever balked at explaining their fee structure.

The class against Equifax is huge and you should absolutely be aware that less than ethical lawyers are going to come out of the woodwork making all sorts of promises so that they can get their slice of what Equifax is going to pay out. The lawyers that I want to work with will either charge me an hourly fee or they will be upfront that my involvement in a class means that I'll be helping to punish Equifax but that I'll be forgoing most damages to do so.

> take a contingency, like every other friggin' lawyer on the planet.

Actually, there are countries where lawyers don't (and legally can not) take contingency fees.

Not allowed to advertise, either.

Admittedly that is a U. S.-centric viewpoint incorrectly extrapolated to the world. I'm calling"literary license". Thanks for the correction.