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Big money biometrics privacy class actions enriching handful of lawyers at expense of IL economy, new report claims

11.17.23

A small, but growing, group of law firms from Chicago – but increasingly from out of state, as well – has been growing rich off of class action lawsuits under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law, as a spate of recent court decisions have all but forced employers and other businesses operating in Illinois that have been targeted by the lawsuits to collectively pay billions of dollars to settle, or risk even worse financial damage in court,…

Lawsuit abuse watchdog urges Illinois to fix the state’s biometric privacy law

10.20.23

With the fall veto session approaching, a lawsuit abuse watchdog is urging Illinois lawmakers to use the time to fix the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act, or BIPA. In February, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in a case involving White Castle that a legal claim accrues each time a private entity scans a person’s biometric identifier without their consent. Each day, White Castle required its employees to scan their fingerprints to clock in and access their computers.…