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Update on Hunstein Decision: Eleventh Circuit Vacates Original Panel Decision

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its initial opinion on Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc., No. 8:19-cv-00983-TPB-TGW on April 21, 2021. As previously discussed in a...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Third Circuit Holds Procedural FACTA Violation Insufficient to Establish Standing

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit added its voice to the chorus of circuit courts of appeal that have held that alleged procedural violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), such as the...more

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Third Circuit Finds That No Real Risk of Harm Means No Article III Standing

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held, for the first time, that a mere procedural violation of a statute does not present the material risk of harm that a plaintiff must allege to establish Article III...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Rivera v. Google Bolsters Article III Challenges to Privacy Suits – But Risks Remain

Rivera v. Google, a recent federal court decision from the Northern District of Illinois, highlights how challenges to Article III standing are a versatile and useful tool for corporate defendants in privacy and cybersecurity...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

EPIC’s Standing Questioned in FAA Case

On January 25, 2018, oral arguments were heard in Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) v. the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) case by a D.C. Circuit panel. The court questioned EPIC’s standing to contest the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Law Firm Sued for Alleged Lax Data Security Obtains Significant Win in District Court

Back in December of last year, we reported that for the first time, a U.S. law firm – Johnson & Bell, a mid-sized Chicago firm – was publicly named in a class action data security lawsuit. Last month, the firm obtained a...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

A Host of Biometric Privacy/Facial Recognition Bills Currently Circulating in State Legislatures

We’ve written extensively about the numerous lawsuits, dismissals and settlements surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The statute, generally speaking, prohibits an entity from collecting,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Eighth Circuit Clarifies Spokeo Ruling to Require Injury-in-Fact to Satisfy Article III Standing

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In a victory to the defense bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has published the first appellate opinion to apply the principles the U.S. Supreme Court articulated in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins regarding...more

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Litigation Alert: The Eighth Circuit Applies Spokeo to Reject Standing for Technical Violation of Privacy Statute

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Last week, the Eighth Circuit became the first Circuit Court to address the reach of Spokeo v. Robbins in a privacy case, holding that a plaintiff’s allegation that a cable company’s retention of his personal information in...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Post-Spokeo Standing: An Evolving Landscape

Several recent federal court decisions have shed additional light on the still-unsettled question of when a plaintiff has Article III standing to sue based on a data breach or other data security or privacy event. These...more

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Eighth Circuit Privacy Class Action Fails to Clear Second Hurdle

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In Carlsen v. GameStop Inc., plaintiff ­– a paid subscriber to defendant’s online gaming magazine – brought a putative class action lawsuit against defendant for alleged breach of its privacy policy by disclosing plaintiff’s...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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EPIC Files Suit For Public Rulemaking To Address Privacy Concerns Posed By Drones

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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on March 31, 2015, to force the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) to conduct a rulemaking...more

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