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Carlton Fields

Conflict Within the Southern District of Florida: Should the Primary Jurisdiction Doctrine Be Applied to Stay Class Actions...

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Judge Robert Scola refused to apply the primary jurisdiction doctrine to stay a class action based on the alleged misrepresentation of the amount of CBD in products sold by Diamond CBD, diverging from Judge Ursula Ungaro’s...more

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Court Stays CBD Class Action Until FDA Rolls Out Regulation

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A class action lawsuit alleging that Green Roads of Florida LLC misrepresented the amount of CBD contained in various products has been stayed pursuant to the primary jurisdiction doctrine because the plaintiffs’ claims...more

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The Eastern District of New York Provides Businesses an Early Holiday Gift in Strictly Construing Standing Requirements in ADA...

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For businesses growing weary of the seemingly perpetual wave of serial ADA claims (e.g., website accessibility; gift card accessibility), thanks to a recent decision issued by a federal judge in the U.S. District Court of the...more

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The Nightmare Before Christmas? Gift Card Litigation Arrives for the Holidays

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It is a little-known fact that, in 1994, Blockbuster video was the first store to display pre-paid gift cards for sale. Unlike VHS rentals, the gift card industry has only grown in popularity. Gift cards from major retailers...more

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Will the Eleventh Circuit Fall in Line with its Sister Circuits in Interpreting Spokeo’s Standing Requirements in FACTA Cases?

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If you are a typical shopper, the last thing on your mind at the checkout counter is your printed credit card receipt.  As you juggle your grocery store bags, you might absentmindedly fold the receipt into your wallet, or...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

8th Circuit Decision in SuperValu Class Action is a Reminder that Injury and Damages Aren’t the Same Thing.

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Last Friday we blogged on the Saks data breach class action, and in the process mentioned a trend among federal courts to reject fear of future identity theft claims in retail breach cases.  ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Ninth Circuit Wades into Growing Debate over Data Breach Standing

Is the risk of future harm enough to satisfy Article III standing in a data breach suit? That’s the question courts of appeals around the country are wrestling with now – and reaching opposing results. ...more

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Ninth Circuit Gives Leg Up To Shoe Purchasers’ Data Breach Suit

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On March 8, a Ninth Circuit panel held that fear of identity theft in the wake of a data breach satisfies the standing requirements of Article III of the United States Constitution....more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Advertising Litigation Report: Vol. 2, No. 2 - Consumer Privacy and Data Security

Judge Trims Proposed Class Action Over Wendy’s Data Breach - Torres v. Wendy’s Int’l, LLC, No. 16-cv-0210 (PGB) (DCI) (M.D. Fla. Mar. 21, 2017). A U.S. district court judge in Florida trimmed a proposed class action...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Keep Reading: Standing Affirmed, but Barnes & Noble Data Breach Class Action Halted

It was about time for data breach defendants to get a win. The District Court for the Northern District of Illinois delivered one to Barnes & Noble in its long-running class action that stems from a breach suffered in 2012....more

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FACTA Check: Credit and Debit Receipts Can Show Injury-in-Fact

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In a series of recent decisions that have important implications for retailers, large and small, federal courts have allowed consumer class actions to proceed against businesses for violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Credit Card Theft Plaintiffs Discover Warm Home After 7th Circuit Rulings

One of the great scourges for retail companies in the digital age has been the ever-present threat of massive data breaches by hackers attempting to steal millions of consumers ’debit and credit card information. In...more

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Recent Seventh Circuit Data Breach Ruling Could be Big Win for Plaintiffs and Big Headache for Retailers

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For lawyers who frequently litigate class action lawsuits, whether or not the named plaintiffs have standing to bring a claim is one of the first issues that is analyzed and considered. Plaintiffs’ lawyers often look for...more

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Circuit Split on Standing in Data Breach Class Actions Survives Clapper

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Last Friday, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied a retailer’s petition for rehearing en banc of a three-judge panel opinion holding that plaintiffs whose credit card information was stolen in a data breach had...more

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