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
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
From the standpoint of class action practice, 2017 was as important for what did not happen as for what did. Here are some of the highlights and lowlights of the 2017 class action scorecard, with a look forward to how the...more
1/26/2018
/ American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah ,
Appellate Review ,
Ascertainable Class ,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California - San Francisco County ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Class Certification ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
FACTA ,
FCC ,
Financial Institutions ,
FRCP 23 ,
Microsoft v Baker ,
New Amendments ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Retirement ,
Richard Posner ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
SLUSA ,
Split of Authority ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Statutory Damages ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
TCPA ,
The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015 ,
Tolling ,
Trump Administration ,
Voluntary Dismissals