U.S. Supreme Court
May 20, 2016
High court still needs to settle constitutional standing issue
While the Supreme Court in Spokeo was clear that statutory damages are not in and of themselves a substitute for constitutional standing, in some circumstances, they don't end the conversation either. By Ana Tagvoryan and Harrison Brown
Ana Tagvoryan
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Blank Rome LLP
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Ana has over a decade of experience defending complex consumer, individual and class action claims in and out of the courtroom across the nation. Her complex corporate litigation practice concentrates on consumer fraud, data privacy, online and telephone marketing, false advertising, e-commerce, and regulatory and statutory compliance issues.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court found for Spokeo, a "people search engine," in a case arising out of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. At issue in Spokeo Inc. v. Robins, 2016 DJDAR 4566, was whether Congress may confer Article III standing upon a plaintiff who has suffered no concrete harm, and who therefore could not otherwise invoke federal jurisdiction, by authorizing a private right of acti...
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