This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Robins v. Spokeo, No. 13–1339, 578 U. S. ____ (2016), putting to rest months of speculation as to whether the Court could come to a meaningful decision (that would be anything other than 4-4) in the aftermath of Justice Scalia’s passing in February. In a ruling that (predictably) defense and plaintiffs’ lawyers alike are heralding as a victory, the Court held that the Ninth Circuit erred in finding standing because “the injury-in-fact requirement requires a plaintiff to allege an injury that is both ‘concrete and particularized.’” The Court called out the Ninth Circuit’s analysis for overlooking the concreteness element. With that, the Court vacated the decision below and remanded for the Ninth Circuit to consider both aspects of the injury-in-fact requirement. My focus for purposes of this initial post will be why a privacy class action defense litigator like me should care about what the Court did here, and how it might impact other kinds of privacy class actions. This is just the first in a series of blog posts that BakerHostetler will publish on the implications of Spokeo.