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Third Circuit Holds “Confusion, Without More” Is Not Enough to Confer Standing Under the FDCPA

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has recently underscored the fact that a plaintiff does not automatically gain Article III standing under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) simply because they are...more

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11th Circuit Finds One Unwanted Text Message Sufficient to Allow Standing to File Suit in Drazen v. Pinto

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In the case of Drazen v. Pinto, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc ruled unanimously that plaintiffs who received a single unwanted telemarketing text message suffered a concrete injury. In 2019, Susan...more

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11th Circuit Vacates Prior Hunstein Opinion but Leaves Door Open for Hunstein Copycat Claims to Continue

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On October 28, 2021, in a 2-1 split panel decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its prior opinion in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc. (published at 994 F.3d 1341 (11th Cir. 2021)),...more

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Eleventh Circuit Vacates Order Certifying Robocall Class Because District Court Failed to Consider Whether Absent Class Members...

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On November 15, the Eleventh Circuit vacated an order certifying a class of individuals who claimed to have received robocalls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), holding that the district court...more

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Lack of Widespread Harm Traceable to TCPA Violation Requires Decertification of Class Action, Eleventh Circuit Rules

The Eleventh Circuit last week issued a common-sense ruling vacating class certification in a TCPA case—an area of the law where common sense does not always prevail. In Cordoba v. DIRECTV, LLC, No. 19-12077 (11th Cir. Nov....more

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Appellate Court Lowers Pleading Requirements for Standing in Optometrists’ Data Breach Suit

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has found that allegations that fraudsters used the personal information of data breach victims are sufficient to establish standing even without any fraudulent charges...more

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Supreme Court Avoids a Decision on Partisan Gerrymandering

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In advance of the midterm elections scheduled for November 6, 2018, many states are preparing for, or have already completed, their primary elections. Meanwhile, voters and state officials in Wisconsin and Maryland have...more

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Supreme Court Leaves Big Partisan Gerrymandering Questions Undecided: Some Clues About What Happens Next

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On Monday the Supreme Court avoided deciding, once again, when, if ever, political gerrymandering violates the Constitution. In Gill v. Whitford, the Supreme Court was presented with startling evidence that Wisconsin...more

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Supreme Court Decides Gill v. Whitford

On June 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Gill v. Whitford, No. 16-1161, holding that where voters assert that a state’s legislative districts have been improperly gerrymandered, those voters lack...more

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Spokeo Seeks Supreme Court Round II

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The Spokeo standing saga, which began in 2010, continues with a second cert petition to the Supreme Court. The case began when plaintiff filed a putative class action, alleging that defendant Spokeo violated the Fair Credit...more

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Divided Supreme Court Vacates Ninth Circuit Decision in Spokeo, Remands for Further Proceedings

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On May 16, 2016, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Spokeo v. Robins, vacating the Ninth Circuit’s decision and remanding the case for further proceedings. Our earlier posts on the case provide more detailed...more

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