Supreme Court to Review Article III Standing Requirement for Absent Class Members | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
The U.S. Supreme Court granted review last week in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, which presents the question of whether Article III or Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permits a damages class action where most class members experienced no actual injury. This question has taken on increasing urgency over the past several years, as plaintiffs and their counsel routinely seek classwide statutory damages on claims for technical violations of statutory requirements even though most class members experienced no resulting injury. TransUnion provides the Supreme Court with an opportunit...
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