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Zac Madonia represents public and private companies, and their officers and directors, in all stages of class action litigation in federal and state courts all over the country. Zac has successfully opposed class certification and obtained dismissal or summary judgment of class claims involving a variety of different legal issues, such as securities fraud, antitrust, and federal and state consumer and debtor protection statutes, and industries, including financial services, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, software, and gaming.

Injury-in-Fact vs. Actual Damages –– Avoiding a Jurisdictional Sideshow in Data Breach Class Actions by Challenging Damages, Not InjuryFollowing the Supreme Court’s ruling in Spokeo v. Robins, which held that federal plaintiffs alleging a statutory violation must have suffered a real, concrete injury in order to have Article III standing, many defendants began to assert lack of standing as a defense in data breach class actions in federal court. Data breach cases

TIME STOPS FOR NO ONE: The Supreme Court Addresses Timeliness Issues in Two Separate Class CasesThe U.S. Supreme Court suddenly seems to have a little time on its hands. Or at least on its mind. In two different class action cases on its docket this week, the question at hand was timeliness.

First, in Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert, the Supreme Court ruled that Rule 23(f)’s 14-day time limit for

Illinois Supreme Court Adopts Expansive Interpretation of Standing under Illinois BIPA, Potentially Opening the Flood Gates for Class ActionsIn a much-anticipated ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court recently held that allegations of actual injury are not required to seek damages under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA or the Act). The case is Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, and after Rosenbach, “an individual need not allege some actual injury or