Consumer Groups Support 9th Circuit Rehearing Of Comcast Privacy Suit

Mealey's (November 2, 2021, 7:42 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority made a “huge” error in deeming an injunction against private data collection sought by a Comcast Cable Communications LLC subscriber to be private relief, a group of seven consumer organizations argues in a Nov. 1 amicus curiae brief supporting the subscriber’s petition for rehearing en banc, asserting that the injunction would benefit the public at large and, therefore, per McGill v. Citibank, N.A., the underlying claims are not precluded by Comcast’s arbitration provision....