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Appellate Advocacy Blog
Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup May 5 2017
By Daniel Real
As we do every Friday, the Appellate Advocacy Blog presents a few tidbits of news and Twitter posts from the past week concerning appellate advocacy. As always, if you see something…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery: Creditor Has No Standing to Sue LLC Derivatively
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently addressed the attempts of a creditor to sue the controlling members of an LLC for breach of fiduciary duty and related claims in connection…
PrawfsBlawg
Notes on Monday’s SCOTUS arguments
Main Tuesday, April 18, 2017Notes on Monday's SCOTUS argumentsI covered two of yesterday's arguments for SCOTUSBlog--in Perry v. MSPB (considering where review is had for MSPB decisions) and Town of…
Southeast Financial Litigation Monitor
Eleventh Circuit accepts Spokeo argument; holds that mere procedural violation is not enough to confer standing
By Steven C. Corhern, Adam Israel, Fox Rothschild LLP
In a victory for defendants, the Eleventh Circuit recently agreed that a mere procedural violation—the kind of injury that has become the favorite of the plaintiffs’ bar—is insufficient to confer…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Morley on Spokeo, Standing & the Quasi-Hohfeldian Plaintiff
Michael Morley has posted on SSRN a draft of his essay, Spokeo: The Quasi-Hohfeldian Plaintiff and the Non-Federal Federal Question. Here’s the abstract:In Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, the Supreme Court…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
Ninth Circuit: Medical Providers Lack ERISA Standing
The Ninth Circuit affirmed two district court decisions that concluded medical providers were not “beneficiaries” under Section 502(a) of ERISA and therefore lacked standing to bring an ERISA claim. The Court…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Judge Finds Standing Based on <i>Spokeo</i> in TCPA Class Action
Last week, on March 22, 2017, U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke, a Florida federal judge, determined that Ray Mohamed had standing in his proposed class action against Off Lease…
Class Defense Blog
Two Recent Appellate Decisions Illustrate Divergent Approaches To Spokeo
By Archis A. Parasharami, Daniel Jones, Adam Hudes
Hundreds of lower courts have interpreted and applied the Supreme Court’s decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins over the past ten months. We will provide a more comprehensive report on…
Legal Profession Blog
No Standing
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed dismissal of a claim brought by an attorney against the Department of State.The plaintiff is a law…
Legal Profession Blog
Unhappy Complainant Lacks Standing To Appeal Dismissal Of Bar Grievance
The New Hampshire Supreme Court dismissed a petition for writ of certiorari, holding that an unhappy complainant lacks standing to challenge dismissal of a bar grievance.The petitioners, Sanjeev Lath and…