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Advertisement Supreme Court Addresses Class Action Standing in Ramirez Case: Requires “Concrete” Injury for Article III Standing for Class Members Tuesday, July 13, 2021 TransUnion, LLC v. Ramirez , siding with credit reporting agency TransUnion in a 5-4 decision holding that thousands of consumers improperly flagged as potential terrorists do not have standing to sue the company for damages.  TransUnion expands upon  Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 2578 U.S. 330, 340 (2016) in limiting standing under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Article III to plaintiffs who have suffe...

Highlights The U.S. Supreme Court has upended a class damages award of $40 million under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) against TransUnion, one of the "Big Three" credit reporting agencies. Reversing an earlier ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision that 6,332 of the 8,185 certified class members lack Article III standing because TransUnion did not disseminate their credit reports to third-party businesses during the relevant time period. The Supreme Court's decision has broad implications going forward both for FCRA litigatio...

The three decisions announced Friday divided the justices into unusual groupings.

The statement demands the “international community’s condemnation of the actions of the Ortega-Murillo government” in Nicaragua

The decision in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez may provide guidance on what risk of real harm means and may affect who can participate in class actions. Decision is likely to inform defense strategies in class action litigation against large companies and financial institutions.