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Article III Standing
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Class Action & Mass Torts
The Supreme Court Gears Up to Resolve Circuit Split on Class Injury Requirements
By Anna McLean, Ce-Lai Powell Fong
On January 24, 2025, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Laboratory Corp. of America v. Davis, No. 24-0304, which may result in the resolution of a long-standing circuit split on…
Inside Privacy
Recording of Customer Service Call “Not Private or Personal Enough” to Confer Article III Standing
Many businesses use customer support software that may include call recording features to help ensure a better customer service experience. A California federal court dismissed a wiretapping lawsuit filed against…
Inside Class Actions
Fourth Circuit Concludes TransUnion Demands Evidence of Injury for All Class Members
In TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, the Supreme Court held that “every class member must have Article III standing in order to recover individual damages.” 594 U.S. 413, 427, 431 (2021)…
Class Defense Blog
Supreme Court to decide important case on Article III standing at the class-certification stage in damages class actions
By Archis A. Parasharami, Daniel Jones, Adam Hudes
Businesses have long argued that federal courts cannot grant class certification when members of the proposed class would lack Article III standing to bring their own claims. The Supreme Court is…
Privacy World
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Federal Courts May Certify a Class with Uninjured Class Members
By Amy Doolittle, Keith Bradley
On January 24, 2025, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Lab. Corp. of Am. Holdings v. Davis, Case No. 24-304, on the question of “[w]hether a federal court may certify…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Grant Alert: Supreme Court Set To Address Article III Standing Based on Effect of Regulation on Third Parties
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian
Section 209 of the Clean Air Act generally preempts states from setting their own emission standards for motor vehicles. However, under Section 209(b), the EPA may grant California a waiver…
Inside Class Actions
California Federal Court Denies Class Certification in Data Privacy Case
By Kanu Song, Eric Bosset
A California federal judge has denied class certification in a data privacy lawsuit against Yodlee, Inc., finding that the proposed class representatives lacked Article III standing and failed to satisfy…
Inside Class Actions
Class-action claims seeking economic damages for purchase of withdrawn medicine defeated on Article III standing grounds.
A recent New Jersey federal court decision dealt a major blow to class action litigation that seek economic damages associated with the sale of products withdrawn from the market. In…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Seventh Circuit Holds That Even a Brief Interruption of Self-Employment Can Be An Injury For Article III Purposes, But It Must Be Proven Factually
In Brown v. CACH, Inc., No. 23-1308 (7th Cir. Feb. 29, 2024), the Seventh Circuit observes that a self-employed person may argue, as an Article III injury, that they were…
Class Action & Mass Torts
No Harm, No Foul? The Legacy of TransUnion Two Years Later (Part 3)
By: Michael Jacobsen, Chris Kelleher, and Yoon Woo-Nam Seyfarth Synopsis: As reported here, for the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings regarding Article III standing in TransUnion LLC…