Illinois Appeals Court Rules Exclusion Bars BIPA Claims December 20, 2023 By Jim Sams An Illinois appellate court decided Tuesday that a general liability insurance policy sold to a Waukegan packaging company clearly excluded...
BNSF Railway Wins New Trial in $228M Biometric Case July 3, 2023 A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a new trial on damages against BNSF Railway in a privacy class action, in...
Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Police June 16, 2023 By Jim Sams An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued...
Illinois Court: Insurer Must Defend IT Company in BIPA Suits March 30, 2022 By Ezra Amacher An insurer must defend an information technology company facing a pair of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuits, the U.S....
Court Grants Facebook Preliminary OK to Settle Facial Recognition Privacy Claims August 20, 2020 Facebook Inc. won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it...
Biometrics and Financial Firms, Ransomware Variant Among Latest Cyber Trends: Chubb August 28, 2019 State biometrics laws, a new ransomware threat and the targeting of financial institutions are among the recent trends in cyber...