First Circuit Affirms Plaintiff's Lack of Standing in Data Privacy Suit | Practical Law
On February 28, 2012, in Katz v. Pershing, LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a district court decision that a plaintiff lacked Article III standing to sue a financial services company for breaching common law rights and for violation of a state consumer protection law by failing to provide adequate data security measures and prevent the potential disclosure of her nonpublic personal information.