The high court last week invited the Solicitor General to file an amicus curiaebrief in the case of Spokeo v. Robins, which concerns whether Congress may confer Article III standing upon a plaintiff who suffers no concrete harm other than a violation of a federal statute. If that question sounds familiar, it’s because it was the same argument presented in a RESPA case, First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards (2010). And the CFPB is keeping an eye on these developments, noting that “for the past few years, this issue of standing has been percolating in federal appellate courts in various consumer statutory contexts.” Read on for more details.
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