Eleventh Circuit Vacates Pre-Spokeo “Beat the Clock” FACTA Class Action Settlement for Lack of Standing Post-Spokeo
By EsqSocial Corporation 16/12/20
The Eleventh Circuit, sitting en banc, has vacated a pre-Spokeo “beat the clock” class action settlement for lack of standing post-Spokeo. This decision is reflective of a developing trend in the Eleventh Circuit to undertake exacting reviews of class action settlements. The decision was issued less than six weeks after an Eleventh Circuit panel vacated a district court order in another case for failure to sufficiently explain the grounds for approving a class settlement in that matter, as we...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP