US Supreme Court to Address Standing To Sue Under Federal Statutes When Plaintiff Has Suffered No Concrete Harm

On April 27, 2015, the US Supreme Court agreed to consider the question of whether Congress can create Article III standing in federal statutes by including a right to recover statutory damages even though a plaintiff has suffered no concrete harm. The Court’s decision on this standing question in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339, could have far-reaching implications for a wide-range of businesses that are targets of consumer class action lawsuits.