We have previously written about Charvat v. Mutual First Federal Credit Union, the case in which the Eighth Circuit held last year that denial of a statutory right is a sufficient injury to confer standing, even if the injury is only “informational” and does not include “an additional economic or other injury.” Last week,
Congress passes bill eliminating ATM fee sticker requirement
The U.S. Senate has joined the House of Representatives in approving a bill (H.R. 4367) amending the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to eliminate the requirement that a fee disclosure be placed in a prominent and conspicuous location on or at an automated teller machine. Once the bill is signed into law by the President, the
DOJ files amicus brief supporting plaintiff in Eighth Circuit standing case
Earlier this week, we wrote about Charvat v. First National Bank of Wahoo, a case pending before the Eighth Circuit that raises the question whether a plaintiff has Article III standing to sue for an alleged statutory violation that caused no actual injury. The district court had dismissed, for lack of standing, the plaintiff’s
Important standing case before Eighth Circuit
Among the more interesting developments discussed in our webinar last week on the CFPB’s amicus program was the appeal currently pending before the Eighth Circuit in Charvat v. First National Bank of Wahoo, a case that raises the question whether a plaintiff has Article III standing to sue for an alleged statutory violation that