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, a new report claims.

This week, the Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Illinois released its latest Predatory Lawsuit Report. This time, the report focused on the ever increasing mountain of lawsuits brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.