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Thomas Robins v. Spokeo, Inc.

  1. December 13, 2016

    9th Circ. Hears Landmark Spokeo Row On High Court Remand

    The Ninth Circuit heard arguments Thursday in a putative class action against Spokeo over its alleged publication of false personal information, remanded by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark May ruling, with an attorney for the plaintiff arguing the case can still proceed under the concrete injury standard set forth by the high court.

  2. December 08, 2016

    Spokeo Says 2nd Circ. Ruling Doesn't Save FCRA Suit

    The fight between Spokeo Inc. and consumer Thomas Robins over the applicability of recent case law to a Fair Credit Reporting Act dispute that's back before the Ninth Circuit after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision continued to simmer Wednesday, with Spokeo contesting the relevance of a Second Circuit decision raised by Robins.

  3. December 07, 2016

    Litigant Blasts Spokeo's Case Citations In 9th Circ.

    The man behind a proposed Fair Credit Reporting Act class action that's back before the Ninth Circuit after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision has said the rulings that Spokeo Inc. cites in support of its efforts to end the litigation aren't particularly recent or favorable to the company's position.

  4. December 02, 2016

    Spokeo Points 9th Circ. To Sister Courts' Denials

    Spokeo Inc. on Thursday stepped up its bid to shut down a putative Fair Credit Reporting Act class action that the U.S. Supreme Court had sent back to the Ninth Circuit following a landmark May decision, pointing to several decisions issued by other appellate courts since the remand that have rejected similar statutory privacy claims.

  5. July 26, 2016

    Spokeo Consumer Says Justices' Ruling Confirms Standing

    A consumer accusing Spokeo of publishing false information about him doubled down Monday on his argument that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in the dispute confirmed that he had standing to press his claims while Spokeo told the Ninth Circuit that "trivial inaccuracies" were insufficient to prop up the putative class action. 

  6. July 22, 2016

    Privacy Cases To Watch In 2016: Midyear Report

    The privacy legal landscape shows no signs of cooling off this year, with the continued fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Spokeo ruling, disputes over the Federal Trade Commission's data security authority and the validity of the new trans-Atlantic data transfer Privacy Shield likely to dominate the headlines. Here, attorneys flag some of the top privacy cases and disputes they'll be keeping their eye on in the second half of 2016.

  7. July 19, 2016

    Experian Backs Spokeo In FCRA Suit At 9th Circ.

    Nonparty Experian urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to rule in favor of Spokeo in a Fair Credit Reporting Act suit, saying the consumer who lodged the putative class action is trying to sue for an "abstract injury" barred by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark May ruling.

  8. July 13, 2016

    Spokeo Seeks Win In 9th Circ. After High Court Ruling

    The presence of untrue information on a website by itself is not a material-enough harm as defined by the Supreme Court for a lawsuit to stand, Spokeo told the Ninth Circuit on Monday.

  9. February 06, 2014

    9th Circ.'s Spokeo Ruling Opens FCRA Floodgates

    The Ninth Circuit held Tuesday that plaintiffs do not need to allege actual injury to maintain class action claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a decision that attorneys expect will ignite a host of new suits because it offers consumers a simple way to sidestep typically ruinous harm hurdles.

  10. February 04, 2014

    9th Circ. Revives FCRA Suit Against Spokeo Site

    The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday revived a putative class action accusing "people search engine" Spokeo.com of willfully violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by publishing false information about a Virginia man, saying he had constitutional standing to bring the complaint.

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