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Standing
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Privacy World
FCRA Allegations Dismissed Due to Plaintiff’s Lack of [Alleged] Confusion
By Squire Patton Boggs, Angelo Carosio
Kenn v. Eascare, Civil Action No. 20-cv-10070-ADB, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 158820 (D. Mass. Sep. 1, 2020) is a Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) standing case. Here, the Court concluded…
PrawfsBlawg
D.C. Circuit has a busy day
Main Monday, August 31, 2020D.C. Circuit has a busy dayAs has been widely discussed, today is Judge Griffith's last day on the court, so it wanted to get some things…
Privacy World
Court Sua Sponte Dismisses Part of BIPA Claim Before Denying Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss
By Squire Patton Boggs, Angelo Carosio
In Snider v. Heartland Beef, No. 4:20-cv-04026-SLD-JEH, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 152791 (C.D. Ill. Aug. 14, 2020), Plaintiff (a former Arby’s employee) filed a lawsuit against Heartland Beef (an Arby’s…
PrawfsBlawg
Standing for nothing
Main Friday, August 07, 2020Standing for nothingI agree with the majority of the en banc D.C. Circuit that the House has standing to enforce its subpoena against former W.H. counsel…
Privacy World
Make It Clear, Make It Broad: The D.C. District Court Determines A Plaintiff Has Standing To Pursue FCRA Claims Against His Former Employer Based On A Background Check Used To Justify His Termination
By Jesse Taylor, Angelo Carosio
The latest entry in a nearly decade-long dispute between a plaintiff and his former employer and manager, Mattiaccio v. DHA Grp., Inc., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129464 (D.D.C. July 21,…
Law & The Environment
Did the 5th Circuit Just Make Standing Much More Difficult?
By Seth Jaffe
Last week, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a $20M penalty imposed on ExxonMobil for Clean Air Act violations at its Baytown facility, remanding the case for a more…
Privacy World
Standing: Not Just An Argument For Defense Counsel Anymore
By Kristin Bryan, Angelo Carosio
Once a lawsuit has been filed, standing is often the first issue that defense counsel will address. After all, if standing opens the door to the merits of a suit,…
SALT Shaker
California’s Ninth Circuit Says Deprivation of $3.76 is Enough for Standing
By Daniel Schlueter, Eversheds Sutherland SALT
The Ninth Circuit concluded that a plaintiff had standing to continue her lawsuit against a clothing company alleging that the company wrongly failed to pay interest on refunded Alaska sales…
PrawfsBlawg
Mootness, departmentalism, and universality
Main Friday, June 26, 2020Mootness, departmentalism, and universalityHere is an interesting mootness decision from the Third Circuit (written by Judge Bibas). A lot of good discussion of mootness, as it…
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No TRO/Injunction against Bolton book
Main Saturday, June 20, 2020No TRO/Injunction against Bolton bookJudge Lamberth denied the government request for a TRO and preliminary injunction stopping publication of John Bolton's memoir. The court found that…