Joel Reidenberg, founding academic director of the Center on Law and Information Policy at Fordham Law, was quoted on Law360 about the Supreme Court’s decision to send the Spokeo v. Robins case back to a lower court for further review.
“The Supreme Court preserved Congress’ ability to give consumers privacy rights, and the Supreme Court recognized that intangible harms from privacy violations can be litigated in federal courts. This is the first time the court has unequivocally stated that intangible privacy harms are cognizable. The court sent back the case on a technical issue claiming the Ninth Circuit did not adequately show the specific harm to Robins.”