SCOTUS FISA Ruling A Tool To Disenfranchise Data Theft Victims?

Home Depot is invoking the Supreme Court’s Clapper v. Amnesty standing precedent to seek dismissal of consumer lawsuits tied to its September 2014 breach that exposed over 50 million payment card records; the article details the retailer’s argument that plaintiffs cannot prove concrete, traceable economic harm, critiques that legal stance given prior security failings and the wide-ranging costs of identity theft, and notes the court’s procedural handling of consumer versus business partner claims.