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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - May 2022 #3

Mitek Systems, Inc. v. United Services Automobile Association, Appeal No. 2021-1989 (Fed. Cir. May 20, 2022) - Our Case of the Week this week is a declaratory judgment action brought against USAA. In a 27-page opinion,...more

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Supreme Court Issues Decision Affirming a Public Body’s Right to Censure Board Member

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In Houston Community College System v. Wilson, the United States Supreme Court held that a public body’s verbal censure of a fellow board member did not violate the board member’s First Amendment rights. The censure followed...more

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Second Circuit Orders Dismissal of Legal Challenge to Fintech Charter Program

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On June 3, 2021, the Second Circuit ruled that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) lacked legal standing to challenge the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC’s) fintech charter program. The...more

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Ninth Circuit Reverses $100+ Million Wage Statement Ruling Against Walmart

On May 28, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a significant ruling in Magadia v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., on both California’s wage statement laws and standing to pursue claims under the Private Attorneys...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - January 2021 #2

ABS Global, Inc. v. Cytonome/ST, LLC, Appeal No. 2019-2051 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 6, 2021) For the second time in two weeks, our Case of the Week concerns issues relating to Article III justiciability of an appeal from an IPR...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at The Ninth: Informational Injury and Union Dues

This week, we examine one Ninth Circuit decision exploring the extent to which the deprivation of information and statutorily-conferred powers can satisfy Article III’s injury-in-fact requirement, and a second declining to...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

In Rare Move, SJC Enters Immediate Order Reversing Decision That Broadened Density-Based Standing in Zoning Appeals

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In what passes for high drama in the world of Massachusetts land use law, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), after hearing oral argument last Thursday in an important case involving standing in zoning appeals, entered an order...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Being On the Eve of Destruction Does Not Provide a Basis for Judicial Relief

Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States do not have standing. Given where we are, this is about as momentous a decision as I can imagine. I get the majority opinion....more

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Eleventh Circuit Rules That the Mere Purchase of Dietary Supplements Allegedly Sold in Violation of the FDCA Is Sufficient, by...

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A recent Eleventh Circuit decision took a broad view of what type of economic injury is sufficient to confer Article III standing, concluding that two dietary supplement companies’ alleged violations of a federal statute...more

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No Concrete Controversy if There Are No Claims

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In reversing a district court decision as to whether a validity issue remained justiciable after the challenged claims were disclaimed, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit explained that the patent owner’s...more

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One and done? Courts split over whether a single text message is actionable

Does receipt of a single unsolicited text message amount to an “injury in fact” sufficient to establish Article III standing to bring a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuit? The Eleventh Circuit says, “no.”...more

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Ninth Circuit Allows Consumer to Proceed on Claims of False “Markdown” but Dismisses Claims for Injunctive Relief

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In Nunez v. Saks Inc., the Ninth Circuit held that a named plaintiff who fails to allege that class members are likely to suffer future injury cannot advance a claim for injunctive relief....more

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Health Care Company Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Find False Claims Act Unconstitutional

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If one appellant has its way, the False Claims Act (FCA) would be gutted by way of its qui tam provisions struck down as unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court. That is the position taken by Intermountain Health...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Rules: “Aggrieved” Person Does Not Require Separate, “Actual” Injury for Biometric Information Privacy Act...

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On January 25, 2019, the Supreme Court of Illinois held in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp. that an "aggrieved" person entitled to seek damages and injunctive relief under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Adopts Expansive Interpretation of Standing under Illinois BIPA, Potentially Opening the Flood Gates for...

In a much-anticipated ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court recently held that allegations of actual injury are not required to seek damages under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA or the Act). The case is...more

Burr & Forman

Florida Supreme Court Reverses Fourth DCA on No Standing No Fees

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The Florida Supreme Court released an opinion in Glass v. Nationstar, SC17-1387 with widespread implications in contract litigation, and mortgage foreclosure litigation in particular, as it relates to attorney’s fee...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench - August 2018

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - JTEKT Corporation v. GKN Automotive Ltd., Appeal No. 2017-1828 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 3, 2018) The Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from an inter partes review, holding that, although JTEKT...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Excellus Court Reverses Prior Decision: Risk of Future Identity Theft Suffices to Convey Standing in Data Breach Case

A federal judge in New York has reinstated claims brought against a healthcare provider by customers whose personal information was exposed in the 2015 data breach of Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield. The breach affected the...more

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Key California Employment Law Cases: June 2017

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This month’s key California employment law cases involve civil procedure (class and representative actions) and wage and hour (retaliation) issues....more

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Game Over: Supreme Court Delivers Win for Class Action Defendants in Microsoft

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In a victory for class action defendants, the United States Supreme Court's decision in Microsoft Corp. v. Baker puts an end to plaintiffs' manufactured appeals as of right from denials of class certification. The Court's...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Litigation Alert: The Third Circuit Holds That Allegations That Personal Information Was Improperly Disclosed in Violation of the...

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Last week, the Third Circuit held that allegations of the unauthorized disclosure of personal information in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) constituted a de facto injury sufficient to confer standing at the...more

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Supreme Court Decides Wellness International Network, Ltd. v. Sharif

On May 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Wellness International Network, Ltd. v. Sharif, (No. 13-935), holding that Article III does not prevent bankruptcy judges from entering final judgment on claims that seek only...more

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