Legal Opinion
Katz v. Pershing, LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 28, 2012No. 11-1983PublishedCited by 267 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Brenda Katz insists that defendant-appellee Pershing, LLC failed to protect sensitive nonpublic personal information as it was obligated to do under both contract and consumer protection laws. To vindicate this concern, she sued the defendant on her behalf and on behalf of others similarly situated. The district court dismissed her putative class action. Her appeal of that order requires us to examine both abecedarian principles of Article III standing and assorted provisions of state substantive law.
As a general matter, class action litigation has…
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