U.S. Supreme Court,
Data Privacy,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 5, 2021
TransUnion changes the game in data breach and privacy class actions
This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs must suffer concrete harm to have standing to recover for a statutory violation. In doing so, the Supreme Court overturned the 9th Circuit’s ruling that the class members’ alleged risk of future harm conferred standing.





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Mary Kate helps clients in consumer class actions and complex commercial litigation cases nationwide, particularly those involving a variety of federal and state laws and regulations including the Fair Credit Reporting Act, California Consumer Privacy Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (both California and federal), the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and various state-specific consumer finance statutes, including California's Unfair Competition Law.

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Edgar Vargas is an attorney in the firm's Consumer Financial Services section and part of the Cybersecurity, Information Governance, and Privacy practice group.
This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 141 S. Ct. 2190, holding that plaintiffs must suffer concrete harm to have standing to recover for a statutory violation. In doing so, the Supreme Court overturned the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that the class members' alleged risk of future...
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