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Article III Standing
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Privacy World
Federal Magistrate Judge Rejects Asserted Lack of Article III Standing as Basis to Strike Class Allegations in Privacy Litigation
In late December, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida indicated that Article III standing for members of a class action should not be determined at…
Privacy World
Federal Court Finds Article III Standing In Data Event Litigation But Dismisses Majority of Plaintiff’s Claims Under Rule 12(b)(6)
CPW previously has covered multiple decisions that address Article III standing requirements for pleading a claim in federal court. A recent decision out of a federal court in Missouri is…
The Data Advisor
No Harm, No Foul: Supreme Court Narrows Article III Standing to Require That All Class Members Suffer a Concrete Injury in Fact
By Allison Bender, Edward Holman
Overview On June 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided TransUnion v. Ramirez, which held that even when a statute has been violated, and that statute provided a private right of…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Supreme Court Addresses Class Action Standing in Ramirez Case: Requires “Concrete” Injury for Article III Standing for Class Members
By Anna McLean
The Supreme Court further limited consumer lawsuits in TransUnion, LLC v. Ramirez, siding with credit reporting agency TransUnion in a 5-4 decision holding that thousands of consumers improperly flagged as…
Inside Class Actions
Supreme Court Confirms That Every Class Member Must Have Article III Standing to Recover Damages, Creating Additional Obstacles to Class Certification
The Supreme Court’s decision in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 2021 WL 2599472 (U.S. June 25, 2021), is one of the most significant class-action decisions from the Supreme Court in recent years. It…
Class Defense Blog
Supreme Court adopts robust view of Article III standing limitations in TransUnion, reaffirming and fortifying Spokeo
By Andrew J. Pincus, Archis A. Parasharami, Daniel Jones, Adam Hudes
Last Friday, the Supreme Court reversed the class-wide judgment in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (pdf), concluding that the lower courts had not properly applied the Court’s holding in Spokeo Inc.…
Class Action Countermeasures
No-Injury Class Actions: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Final Ruling (Part II)
On June 25, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (“Ramirez”), holding that all plaintiffs, to include absent class members, must demonstrate that they…
Class Action & Mass Torts
U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Class Members Who Suffer No Concrete Harm From Statutory Violations Do Not Have Article III Standing And Cannot Recover
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Pamela Q. Devata, and John Drury Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 25, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…
Privacy World
BREAKING: Supreme Court Limits Availability of Article III Standing in Data Privacy Litigations in Win for Defendants
The Supreme Court has just issued a major ruling that is a significant win for defendants in data privacy and data breach litigations. In Ramirez v. TransUnion, the Supreme Court reconsidered…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Fifth Circuit Splits with Eleventh, Holds That Receipt of a Single Robotext in Violation of TCPA Creates Article III Standing
In Cranor v. 5 Star Nutrition, No. 19-51173 (5th Cir. May 26, 2021), the panel holds that even a single robotext in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of…