Bucking a recent trend and departing from both the Second Circuit’s Katz decision and the Third Circuit’s Kamal decision, the Eleventh Circuit found that a plaintiff had standing to settle a FACTA claim on behalf of a class....more
Yesterday, the Supreme Court sent Frank v. Gaos back to the Ninth Circuit to address the issue of standing under Spokeo.
Frank involved allegations of privacy violations. Plaintiffs brought class action claims against...more
Almost one year ago, we wrote about the impact of Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016) on Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA) class actions and offered practical pointers for defendants confronting...more
3/18/2019
/ Article III ,
Breach of Confidence ,
Class Action ,
FACTA ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Point of Sale Terminals ,
Retailers ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing ,
Statutory Violations ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Spokeo v. Robins, which held that federal plaintiffs alleging a statutory violation must have suffered a real, concrete injury in order to have Article III standing, many defendants...more
3/8/2019
/ Actual Damages ,
Article III ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(1) ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Future Harm ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Jurisdiction ,
SCOTUS ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing ,
Statutory Damages
We’ve already written about Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016), in which the Supreme Court reaffirmed that all federal plaintiffs, even those alleging a statutory violation, must have suffered a real, concrete...more
3/28/2018
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Data Breach ,
Debit and Credit Card Transactions ,
Dismissals ,
FACTA ,
FDCPA ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Motion to Vacate ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Remand ,
Removal ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing ,
Statutory Damages ,
Statutory Violations ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction