Tag Archives: Class action privacy

Concrete and Particularized Part II: What Spokeo May Mean for Class Actions

Photo of Rand L. McClellanPhoto of Keesha N. WarmsbyBy Rand L. McClellan and Keesha N. Warmsby on Posted in Class Actions Privacy
This blog post is the second in a series of posts that Baker & Hostetler LLP is devoting to the significant decision Robins v. Spokeo, No. 13-1339, 537 U.S. ___ (2016) (Spokeo). Monday’s post focused on Spokeo’s effect on privacy class actions and big data. Today’s post focuses on the decision’s impact on class actions. … Continue Reading

Supreme Court Holds That Plaintiffs Must Allege Concrete and Particularized Injury To Have Standing To Assert FCRA Claim

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy BakerHostetler on Posted in Class Actions Privacy
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Robins v. Spokeo, Inc., which addressed the question of whether a plaintiff has satisfied Article III’s injury-in-fact standing requirement by alleging a statutory violation but no concrete injury. Our sister blog, the Data Privacy Monitor, provides initial coverage here. Stay tuned as we analyze this important ruling which could … Continue Reading

Back to Google’s Backyard: Forum and Venue Clause Enforced to Dismiss Putative Class Action

By Julian Darwall on Posted in Class Action Trends, Class Actions Privacy, Uncategorized
For most corporations, standard forum and venue “home court advantage” clauses are par for the course.  For companies with an expansive reach like Google’s, they are essential. Google has long included these clauses in its standard terms of use, and courts have enforced them to dismiss potentially expensive cases at the earliest stage of litigation. The … Continue Reading

District Court rejects supervisor liability for state employee’s motor vehicle record data breach

By Matthew J. Moody on Posted in Class Actions Privacy, Data Breach
Co-authored by: Sammatha Clegg Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler’s Data Privacy Monitor blog. In a recent decision, the Federal District Court of Minnesota found that state agencies were not liable in a data breach class action suit involving a rogue employee’s unauthorized viewing of personal information in drivers license records.  Kiminiski v. … Continue Reading
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