The U.S. Supreme Court Has Spokeo, and Class Action Defendants’ Fondest Hopes Have Been Dashed

Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, ___ U.S. ___ (2016).  Class action defendants often label cases seeking statutory damages as “no-injury class actions.”  Those defendants do not like statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. (“FCRA”), which was at issue in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision.  Defendants hoped that this case would wipe out […]

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