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November 12, 2025 / November 12, 2025 by Melanie Conroy | Leave a Comment
In a recent blog post, we explained how Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC has become a touchstone for courts analyzing Article III standing in data breach class actions, citing Shea v. American International College as a recent example. This post explores the Shea decision in greater depth. On September 5, 2025, Judge Angel Kelley of […]
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October 22, 2025 by Melanie Conroy
The First Circuit’s 2023 decision in Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC has become a touchstone for courts analyzing Article III standing in data breach class actions. In a previous post, we discussed why Webb revived a previously dismissed data breach class action. Since Webb, the District of Massachusetts repeatedly cited the decision’s reasoning to […]
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September 3, 2025 by Melanie Conroy
While securities class action filings are on the rise within the First Circuit, the District of Massachusetts continues to apply a high degree of scrutiny to securities fraud allegations, including particularized facts necessary to establish a strong inference of scienter. In this final installment of our three-part series, we examine the District of Massachusetts’ approach […]
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August 13, 2025 by Melanie Conroy
As securities class action filings continue to rise in the First Circuit, courts in the District of Massachusetts are setting a high bar for pleadings—especially when it comes to alleged material misrepresentations. This second installment in our three-part series examines how recent decisions in the District of Massachusetts have applied the PSLRA’s safe harbor provision, […]
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July 7, 2025 / July 10, 2025 by Samih Eloubeidi
In March 2025, we reported that the District of Massachusetts had denied class certification of the plaintiff’s Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) claims in Therrien v. Hearst Television Inc. for failure to meet the implied ascertainability requirement of Rule 23. More recently, in April 2025, the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of […]
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June 23, 2025 by Samih Eloubeidi
On April 29, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Labcorp v. Davis, in which it considered the question of whether Article III standing must be determined for all members of the class, including uninjured members, at the outset of class certification. The issue presented is one that has deeply divided the federal courts […]
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May 14, 2025 / May 14, 2025 by Samih Eloubeidi
On January 31, 2025, in Campos v. TJX Companies, Inc., No. 24-cv-11067, the District of Massachusetts granted a motion to dismiss a class action due to the plaintiff’s lack of standing. The court concluded that the named plaintiff’s claims regarding the intrusion of her privacy by “spy pixels” could not be successful because there was […]
Class Action Litigation Class Actions Class Certifications Massachusetts Decisions Privacy Class Actions US District Court - Mass
March 26, 2025 / May 14, 2025 by Samih Eloubeidi
On February 14, 2025, in Therrien v. Hearst Television, Inc., the District of Massachusetts denied a motion for class certification due to the plaintiff’s failure to meet the implied ascertainability requirement of Rule 23. The court concluded that the named plaintiff’s claims for unlawful disclosure of personally identifiable information could not be maintained on a […]
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January 8, 2025 by Melanie Conroy
The District of Massachusetts recently issued an opinion decertifying a class of medical students formerly enrolled at Saba University School of Medicine, a for-profit medical school in the Dutch Caribbean that is headquartered in Massachusetts. The reversal followed the court’s initial tentative certification under Federal Rule 23, issued from the bench immediately after oral argument. […]
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September 30, 2024 by Melanie Conroy
This summer, the First Circuit revived a privacy class action based on debt collection practices. In Nightingale v National Grid USA Service Company, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants and denied class certification. On appeal, the First Circuit vacated and remanded, focusing its analysis on (1) whether the Plaintiff alleged […]
