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PrawfsBlawg
Trump campaign loses big in Pennsylvania (Updated)
Main Sunday, November 22, 2020Trump campaign loses big in Pennsylvania (Updated)Update: Just wanted to highlight a few things discussed below, as the Pennsylvania litigation continues apace. First, Trump's lawyers are…
Privacy World
Godiva Been Dying to Tell You the Good News! Eleventh Circuit Bars Consumers from Suing for Bare Procedural Violations
By Meghan Quinn, Angelo Carosio
The Eleventh Circuit recently took a huge bite out of consumers’ ability to bring class actions. In Muransky v. Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 33995 (11th Cir. Oct.…
Mass Tort Defense
Court of Appeals Decides Important Standing Issue
By Sean Wajert
In the class action context, the named plaintiffs as class representatives must allege and show that they personally have been injured, not just that injury has been suffered by other,…
Privacy World
Another BIPA Case Remanded Back to State Court for Lack of Standing
By Amy Doolittle, Angelo Carosio
This is getting to be a common refrain in BIPA cases – plaintiffs bring BIPA class actions in plaintiff-friendly state court; defendants remove; and plaintiffs move to remand arguing there…
PrawfsBlawg
JOTWELL: Smith on Davis on public standing
Main Thursday, October 29, 2020JOTWELL: Smith on Davis on public standingThe new Courts Law essay comes from Fred Smith (Emory), reviewing Seth Davis, The New Public Standing, 71 Stan. L.…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Understanding the Standing Issue in the Dismissal of the ERA Lawsuit
By Tracy Thomas
Bob Egelko, Equal Rights Amendment Battle Highlights Obstacles to Challenging Federal Decisions in Court, S.F. Chronicle, Oct. 24, 2020 The prospects of judicial approval of the Equal Rights Amendment have taken…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Equal Rights Amendment Lawsuit Dismissed on Standing Grounds Denied Direct Supreme Court Review
By Tracy Thomas
Equal Rights Amendment Denied Supreme Court Hearing for NowEqual Rights Amendment supporters won’t get an immediate hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court as they fight to ensure the nearly 50-year-old…
Animal Law Update
Lack of Standing—Fatal Obstacle to Plaintiffs in Complaint Against SeaWorld
Plaintiff Juliette Morizur and Plaintiff Kelly Nelson, along with other plaintiffs (at least one of whom dismissed his claims with prejudice, evidencing the sham nature of those claims) sued Sea…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Plaintiff Had Standing to Represent Customers Who Paid Automatic Gratuities at All 49 Hotel Locations in Florida, Holds Eleventh Circuit
In Fox v. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC, No. 19-10361 (11th Cir. Sept. 29, 2020), the Eleventh Circuit reverses dismissal of a putative class action, holding that the class representative…
Legal Profession Blog
Complainant Cannot Appeal Dismissal Of Judicial Misconduct Complaint
The Maryland Court of Appeals has held that a person making a judicial misconduct complaint has no standing to challenge dismissal of the matterOn November 2, 2017, Mr. Green filed…