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It Turns Out You Can’t “Sue the CDA”–Fyk v. US

Eric Goldman

Fyk’s alleged injury has no connection whatsoever to any conduct by the United States, the only defendant in this lawsuit. That the CDA is a federal law does not mean Mr. Fyk can bring a claim against the United States government; preventing such a flood of lawsuits is at the core of standing doctrine. Initiative v.

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So long, Chevron?: How a Group of New England Fishermen Challenged the Longstanding Chevron Approach.

The Barrister

Here, federal court defers to the administrative agency’s permissible construction of the statute. [5] Factual Background Loper and Relentless challenged the applicability of Chevron in a case surrounding enforcement of federal observers on commercial fishing vessels. Administrative law and process in a nutshell , 6th ed.

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The Supreme Court TransUnion Case Part 1 — What It Means for Standing in Cyber Cases

Debevoise Data Blog

The Equifax case involves a 2017 data breach where the Social Security numbers, names, dates of birth, addresses, and other data of nearly 150 million people were exposed. TransUnion: A Win for Defendants in Breach Lawsuits? Customer Data Security Breach Litigation , No. 20-10249, 2021 WL 2250845 (11th Cir.

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Face Forward: Strategies for Complying with Facial Recognition Laws

Debevoise Data Blog

Notably, BIPA provides for enforcement by private citizens, with losing defendants on the hook both for generous statutory damages and for attorneys’ fees. 2017), the plaintiffs challenged a feature of the NBA 2K video game that allowed them to scan their own faces and create basketball-playing avatars. In Santana v. App’x 12 (2d Cir.

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