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Supreme Court to Address Class Action Standing in Ramirez Case: To Recover, Must Absent Class Members Establish Actual Injury?

The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari on December 16, 2020 in TransUnion, LLC v. Ramirez on the question of “[w]hether either Article III or Rule 23 permits a damages class action where the vast majority of the class...more

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Supreme Court to Review Article III Standing Requirement for Absent Class Members

The U.S. Supreme Court granted review last week in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, which presents the question of whether Article III or Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permits a damages class action where most...more

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Central District of California Rejects Class Claims, Finding That Disclosure of All Data Is Not Required Under FCRA Section...

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On November 18, 2020, the United States District Court for the Central District of California (the “Central District”) dismissed the First Amended Complaint of putative class representatives asserting a FCRA claim against...more

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Third Circuit: Class Representative with Over-Detailed Receipt Lacks Standing to Bring FACTA Case against J. Crew

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We spend most of our time at FCRAland studying those rights included in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as it was established in 1970. Yet Congress has amended FCRA over the years, including by adding additional statutory...more

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Supreme Court Watch: Justices Seek Briefing on Potential Application of Spokeo

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Here at FCRAland, we frequently discuss cases applying the Supreme Court’s 2016 case Spokeo v. Robbins.  That case specified that, for a plaintiff to have standing under FCRA, the plaintiff would need to allege an injury that...more

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Preliminary approval of class action settlement for Experian data breach exceeds $47M

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Remember Experian’s massive data breach of 15 million customers in 2015? The resulting consolidated class action is nearly resolved. On December 3, 2018, a California federal judge granted preliminary approval to a proposed...more

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Fourth Circuit Applies Spokeo to Vacate $11.7 Million Class Action Judgment

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The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has held that a class representative who failed to allege a concrete injury from incomplete or incorrect information on his credit report did not satisfy the standing...more

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Spokeo Set to Resolve Lingering Questions Over Constitutional Standing

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The parameters of Constitutional standing, which have been in flux for decades, are solidifying before our very eyes. In recent months the U.S. Supreme Court has confirmed that a litigant must have a “live dispute” at all...more

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Supreme Court Takes On Class Actions, Again

Over recent years the United States Supreme Court has waded deep into the waters of class certification, significantly altering the playing field for class action claims. As the Supreme Court continues its 2015 session, it...more

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