Patrick T. Ryan is co-chair of the Appellate Litigation practice of Montgomery McCracken and is a member of the firm’s Class Action Defense practice group. His practice emphasizes commercial litigation, antitrust matters, the defense of professional liability claims, and business litigation involving claims asserted under the federal RICO statute.
Third Circuit Finds Plaintiffs Have Standing to Sue SEPTA for Only One of Two Claimed Violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Earlier this week, the Third Circuit issued its decision in Long v. SEPTA, No. 17-1889, 2018 WL 4290046 (3d Cir. Sept. 10, 2018)—another in a series of decisions from that court on Article III standing in cases where plaintiffs allege that a defendant’s violation of… Read More
Third Circuit May Soon Consider Whether Offer of Judgment Moots Class Claims
UPDATE – July 17, 2014: Third Circuit Grants Appeal in Weitzner v. Sanofi The Third Circuit granted a petition for leave to appeal in this matter. See attached notice. Will the Third Circuit heed Justice Kagan’s dissent in Genesis and “rethink [its] mootness-by-unaccepted-offer theory” or… Read More