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Standing
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Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Third Circuit Holds “Confusion, Without More” Is Not Enough to Confer Standing Under the FDCPA
By Rachel Ommerman, Virginia Bell Flynn, Ethan G. Ostroff, Stefanie Jackman
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has recently underscored the fact that a plaintiff does not automatically gain Article III standing under the Fair Debt Collections Practices…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Supreme Court Focuses on Standing Issue in Abortion Medication Case
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Christopher Sakauye, Monika Harris, Puja R. Valera, A. Joseph Duffy IV, Heming Xu, Dykema
In the consolidated cases U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and Danco Laboratories v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the Supreme Court wrestles with an Article III…
Drug & Device Law
NJ Economic Loss Class Action Dismissed for Lack of Standing
We have previously analogized that when a case is dismissed for failure to state a claim under Rule 12, that is like the plaintiff not even getting to first base. …
Dallas Divorce Law Blog
Still Standing
Like any other area of law, standing is required to bring a lawsuit. Standing is a fundamental part of the legal system in that it determines who has the right…
Health Industry Washington Watch
SCOTUS Arguments on Mifepristone Cases Focus on Standing and Remedy
By Scot Hasselman, Lesley Reynolds, Whitney Petrie, Matthew Loughran
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in the two consolidated cases challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of mifepristone. Throughout the questioning, the Justices focused on…
Pennsylvania Family Law
Living in Grandma’s Property and off her Money Does Not Confer Standing to Her
We have done a lot of complaining lately about some pretty bizarre cases. Then, along comes Schultz v. Schultz and Passetti; an important case that merits being published because it…
Commercial Case Notes
Lack of Standing is not Basis for Staying Arbitration
By John Lundin
On March 8, 2024, Justice Crane of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Slifka v. Slifka, 2024 NY Slip Op. 30753(U), holding that a lack of…
Employment Law Lookout
SDNY Judge Gets Tough on Serial Website Plaintiffs
By Lotus Cannon and Minh Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: SDNY Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil dismisses with prejudice a website accessibility lawsuit with vague allegations about plaintiffs’ standing. The U.S. District Court for the Southern…
Technology and AI
SDNY Judge Gets Tough on Serial Website Plaintiffs
By Lotus Cannon and Minh Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: SDNY Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil dismisses with prejudice a website accessibility lawsuit with vague allegations about plaintiffs' standing. The U.S. District Court…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Split Second Circuit Panel Holds That an Organization Must Identify At Least One Affected Member by Name to Qualify for Article III Associational Standing
In Do No Harm v. Pfizer, Inc., No. 23-15_(2d Cir. Mar. 6, 2024), a 2-1 panel of the Second Circuit holds that “an association must identify by name at least…