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In Acheson Hotels v. Laufer, a Dangerous Opportunity for SCOTUS to Make it Harder to Establish Informational Standing

This morning, the Supreme Court will hear argument in an interesting—and, unfortunately, salacious—case about Article III standing. Acheson Hotels v. Laufer is about whether a person with disabilities has the right to sue a hotel when the hotel fails to provide accessibility information on their website as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA. 

• Access to Information

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Privacy Laws

• Proposed U.S. Legislation

• U.S. Privacy Laws

• U.S. State Privacy Laws

• Analysis

In Martinez v. ZoomInfo, Ninth Circuit Recognizes Privacy Plaintiff Has Standing to Sue

EPIC submitted an amicus brief in the case with the Electronic Frontier Foundation arguing that Ms. Martinez had standing to bring her case.

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Updates

EPIC and EFF Urge California Supreme Court to Review Lower Court Opinion Barring Plaintiffs’ Privacy Suit

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Workplace Privacy

• Updates

Limon v. Circle K Stores Inc.

Whether state courts should use the more restrictive federal court standing analysis when deciding whether plaintiffs have standing to sue.

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Workplace Privacy

• Amicus Briefs

EPIC and EFF Urge Appeals Court to Recognize that Customers May Sue When Companies’ Lax Data Security Practices Result in Data Breaches

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

EPIC & Public Justice Urge Appeals Court to Confirm That Plaintiffs May Sue When Companies Use Their Identities to Advertise

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Updates

Peter Maldini v. Marriott International, Inc.

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Amicus Briefs

Martinez v. ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Amicus Briefs

EPIC Urges Senators to Question Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Key Privacy & Open Government Issues

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Fourth Amendment

• Freedom of Information Act

• Open Government

• Privacy Laws

• Updates

EPIC Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee re: Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Fourth Amendment

• Freedom of Information Act

• Open Government

• Privacy Laws

• Statements