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Standing
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Cybersecurity Bits and Bytes
Second Circuit rules that risk of future identity theft not enough to support standing in data breach class action
By Casale, Elizabeth, Husen, Layla, Sosnicki, Luke, Harris, Rachel
The Second Circuit recently joined a growing number of federal courts to decide when a data breach of personally identifiable information (“PII”) is actionable. According to the Second Circuit, plaintiffs…
PrawfsBlawg
Standing problems in UF prof lawsuit
Main Saturday, November 06, 2021Standing problems in UF prof lawsuitDespite UF backing down, the three professors filed suit Friday, seeking to enjoin as violative of the First Amendment "any policy…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview: Does a Relative have Standing to Pursue Companionship with a Deceased Parent’s Children Following an Intra-Family Adoption? Rachel Davis v. Tammie Nathaniel.
On March 16, 2022, in a 6-1 vote, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case for lack of a final, appealable order. Justice Brunner dissented. On November 10, 2021,…
China Justice Observer
CTD 101 Series: Do I Have the Legal Right (Standing) To Sue When a China-Related Trade Dispute Arises?
By Publisher
As long as you are ‘directly affected’ pursuant to Chinese law, you may file a lawsuit with the court. First, you must be directly affected by the defendant. You…
PrawfsBlawg
The state role in offensive and defensive litigation
Main Thursday, October 14, 2021The state role in offensive and defensive litigationAn interesting exchange between Justice Kavanaugh and counsel for Kentucky in Cameron v. EMW Women's Surgical Center. At issue…
Legal Profession Blog
Kentucky Rejects Non-Client Standing To Seek Disqualification
The Kentucky Supreme Court reversed a disqualification of defense counsel in medical malpractice matters, holding that opposing parties (as here) have no standing to seek disqualificationConsistent with these authorities, and…
PrawfsBlawg
Jurisdiction, merits, and the First Amendment
Main Friday, September 17, 2021Jurisdiction, merits, and the First AmendmentFrom the Sixth Circuit, reaching the correct result for confused and convoluted reasons.Anti-Israel protesters have picketed outside Beth Israel Synagogue in…
Employment & Labor
Federal Court Concludes That Security Officers Union Lacks Standing To Sue On Behalf Of Its Members For COVID-19-Related Workplace Injuries
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Sarah K. Bauman Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 30, 2021, in Massone, et al. v. Washington, No. 20-CV-7906, 2021 WL 3863081(S.D.N.Y. Aug. 30, 2021), the…
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US v. Texas
Main Thursday, September 09, 2021US v. TexasFiled in the Western District of Texas. I have no idea whether this overcomes the problems that, in my mind, plague individual suits--no state…
Consumer Class Defense Counsel
Eighth Circuit Keeps Two Product Liability Class Actions Off the Road
By Michael D. Leffel, William J. McKenna Vanessa L. Miller, Aaron R. Wegrzyn
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit published two opinions last month in companion class actions alleging defects with off-road vehicles. With its decisions, the court held…