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Standing
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Privacy and Cybersecurity
Spokeo: The Supreme Court Case More People Should Be Talking About
Spokeo v. Robins, at its simplest, asks whether someone has to suffer harm to sue. And no matter which way it goes, it’s going to be big. [caption id="attachment_921106" align="alignleft"…
Data Law Insights
Supreme Court to Consider Congressionally-Conferred Privacy Breach Standing
By Jeffrey L. Poston, Kate Growley
One year ago, data broker Spokeo, Inc. asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the Ninth Circuit’s revival of a putative class action against it for willfully violating the Fair Credit…
Inside Privacy
Supreme Court to Consider Whether Actual Harm is Required to Recover Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to consider Robins v. Spokeo, Inc., in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Thomas…
Law Trends
The Supreme Court Will Hear a Case with Potentially Massive Implications for Data-Breach Lawsuits
By Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case that may lower the bar for plaintiffs in data-breach litigation. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Supreme…
MoFo ReEnforcement: The Enforcement Blog
Second Time’s the Charm? Supreme Court Takes Up Landmark FCRA Case to Address Whether Congress Can Create Standing
By Angela Kleine, Nancy Thomas
Zombie or no-injury plaintiffs seeking to represent zombie or no-injury classes are on the rise. In these suits, plaintiff was not injured, and there’s no way to prove who, if…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Supreme Court takes case on statutory damages recovery even without any actual harm
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear an important case that will decide whether a plaintiff who cannot show any actual harm from a violation of the Fair Credit…
The Northwest Policyholder
Cert Grant in FCRA Case Could Impact Cyber Coverage
By Seth Row
News today that the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Spokeo v. Robins, which tests whether Congress can confer "standing" by giving consumers a private right of action under a…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Today’s SCOTUS Cert Grant on Article III Standing: Spokeo v. Robins
The Supreme Court granted certiorari today in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, which presents the question:Whether Congress may confer Article III standing upon a plaintiff who suffers no concrete harm, and…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
The Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In Spokeo – No Harm, No Standing?
By Pamela Q. Devata, Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Robert T. Szyba Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for writ of certiorari filed in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins,…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Student Scholarship: Unintended Effects and Inadequate Consumer Benefit: Analyzing Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Schwartzwald.
In Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Schwartzwald, 2012-Ohio-5017. a case in which the mortgage company did not own the note or mortgage at the time suit was filed, the Supreme Court…