5 Most Notable Class Action Standing Cases Of 2023
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- Erin Bosman, Penelope Preovolos and Brittany Scheinok published an article in Law360 highlighting key class action decisions from 2023 that continued the trend of a more demanding approach to the threshold issue of standing following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2021 decision in TransUnion LLC... ›
Privacy + Data Security Predictions for 2024
By: Miriam H. Wugmeister, Alex van der Wolk, Linda K. Clark, Annabel Gillham, Haimavathi V. Marlier, Kristen J. Mathews, Paul D. McKenzie, Nathaniel R. Mendell, Gordon A. Milner, Alja Poler De Zwart, Chuan Sun, Yukihiro Terazawa, Hanno Timner, Lokke Moerel, Mary Race, Marijn Storm, Dan Alam, Jasmine Arooni, Tingting Gao, Marta Hovanesian, Elisabeth Hutchinson, Michelle Si-Ting Luo and Mercedes Samavi
The Morrison Foerster Privacy + Data Security team is unmatched in its ability to provide creative and practical advice concerning all stages of the information life cycle, from counseling on compliance with complex privacy laws, to resolving breach situations, to litigating privacy and data security... ›CPSC Imposes New Requirements for Button Cell and Coin Batteries Pursuant to Reese’s Law
By: Julie Y. Park, Matt Robinson and Cedar Hobbs
Button cell and coin battery manufacturers and importers need to know about new requirements that come into effect next year. On September 21, 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), pursuant to its authority under Reese’s Law, published two rules imposing additional requirements for... ›Golden State Crackdown—Unpacking California's Landmark Food Safety Act
By: Claudia M. Vetesi, Stacy Cline Amin, Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc, Lena Gankin and Marcus Grimes
This month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the California Food Safety Act—a bill targeted at enhancing food safety within California. The law bans the manufacture, sale, and distribution of four food additives used in over 12,000 different food products: brominated vegetable oil,... ›Right to Repair Laws: Coming Soon to a State Near You
By: Julie Y. Park
Consumer products businesses should know that “right to repair” laws are here to stay. Frustrated with restrictions on repairing consumer electronics, advocacy organizations spearheaded a grassroots “right to repair” movement that is gaining traction. Publicly endorsed by the White House and the Federal Trade... ›Coinbase v. Bielski – SCOTUS Authorizes Automatic Stays Pending Decision of Arbitrability
By: Katie L. Viggiani and Diana Cummiskey
In a recent 5-4 decision reversing the Ninth Circuit and settling a circuit split, the Supreme Court of the United States in Coinbase v. Bielski held that a district court must stay its proceedings while an interlocutory appeal on the question of arbitrability is... ›2023 Class Action Law Forum Recap: Privacy Class Actions Panel
By: Lauren N. Margolies
As more organizations collect data to enhance their products or services, privacy is in the forefront of everyone’s minds, earning it a place in the class action spotlight. At the 2023 Class Action Law Forum, the Honorable Vince Chhabria (Northern District of California), Jean Martin... ›2023 Class Action Law Forum Recap
For the third year in a row, Morrison Foerster sponsored and Class Actions & Mass Torts Co-Chair, Erin M. Bosman, co-chaired the Western Alliance Bank Class Action Law Forum™ (CALF). Over 200 people registered to attend CALF, which is hosted in collaboration with the University... ›No Injury, No Data Breach Claims? Recent Trends in Evaluating Standing in Data Breach Class Actions
A key contested issue in data breach class actions is whether plaintiffs can satisfy Article III’s injury-in-fact requirement by alleging risk of future harm rather than actual misuse of plaintiffs’ personal information. As the number of data breach class actions filed continues to rise,... ›Applying BIPA’s Health Care Exemption to Virtual Try-On Technologies in Light of Dior Dismissal
By: Melissa M. Crespo and Morgan O'Neill Mitruka
A recent putative class action case against luxury brand Christian Dior sheds light on the health care exemption in the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA). In Delma Warmack-Stillwell v. Christian Dior Inc ., the plaintiff alleged Dior’s virtual try-on feature for sunglasses violated BIPA’s... ›