Illinois politics has long been defined by powerful special interests, entrenched leadership, and a pay-to-play culture where money dictates policy. The state consistently ranks among the worst in the nation for corruption and lawsuit abuse, creating an environment where trial lawyers, not taxpayers or small businesses, call the shots.

Despite significant reforms driven by the Governor and the State Legislature, the civil justice landscape still has a deep hole to dig out of from years of neglect.  Floridians pay a ‘tort tax’ on average of $1238 dollars per person, nearly $5000 per family of four as result of frivolous lawsuits and abuses of our civil justice system.

Illinois Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (IL-CALA) is calling on Governor J.B. Pritzker to swiftly sign the recently passed bipartisan bill amending the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). This crucial legislation (SB 2979) addresses long-standing issues that have burdened small businesses across the state and seeks to prevent further lawsuit abuse while maintaining the protection of individuals’ biometric privacy.

Illinois Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (IL-CALA) has urged lawmakers to reform BIPA throughout the years as this law has had a devastating impact on our state’s business community since it was enacted in 2008. BIPA has opened a lucrative avenue for our state’s trial lawyers to take advantage of business owners who deploy cutting edge technology to operate their businesses.

Illinois Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (IL-CALA) Executive Director Phil Melin called on the Illinois Legislature to make fixes to the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) when it returns to Springfield later this month.