Jan. 13, 2017
Plaintiffs struggle to find 'concrete injury'
Concrete injuries resulting from Telephone Consumer Protection Act-prohibited phone calls are hard to prove, making Spokeo-driven judgments illusive.
Jeffrey Rabkin
Partner
Jones Day
555 California St
San Francisco , CA 94104
Phone: (415) 626-3939
Email: jrabkin@jonesday.com
Columbia Univ School of Law
Jeff is a member of the firm's Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection Practice.
In the wake of issuance of one of the most anticipated consumer decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years, Spokeo Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016), a handful of district courts have dismissed complaints or granted summary judgment to the defendants in cases brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
The plaintiff in Spokeo
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