Full Court to Rehear Uninjured Class Member TCPA Standing Case
Posted on Mar 16, 2023 in Class Actions | Comments Off on Full Court to Rehear Uninjured Class Member TCPA Standing Case
The en banc Eleventh Circuit announced on March 13 that it would rehear Drazen v. Pinto and vacated the panel opinion. As discussed in our post on the panel decision, the case addresses whether class members who lack Article III standing with respect to the claims asserted by the class are nonetheless permitted to receive benefits from a class settlement. The case also features a...
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Approval of (Almost) All of Equifax Data Breach Settlement
Posted on Jun 17, 2021 in Class Actions | Comments Off on Eleventh Circuit Affirms Approval of (Almost) All of Equifax Data Breach Settlement
In In re: Equifax, Inc. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig. (Huang v. Equifax, Inc.), 2021 WL 2250845 (11th Cir. June 3, 2021), the Eleventh Circuit upheld the district court’s approval of a class settlement arising out of the Equifax data breach – except for the incentive awards to the class representatives, as to which the court reversed the district court in light of Johnson v. NPAS...