Eleventh Circuit Holds that a Statutory Violation is Insufficient for Standing and Settlement
By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21
In Muransky v. Godiva, the Eleventh Circuit held that a violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”) was insufficient to allege a concrete injury for standing purposes. Background Dr. David Muransky filed a class action complaint against Godiva Chocolatier after he received a printed credit card receipt that contained credit card information in excess of the permissible number of digits under FACTA. One of the goals of FACTA is to prevent identity theft. In seeking to...
By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP