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 Supreme Court: Union Workers Can’t Sue Under Biometric Law March 24, 2023 By Daniel Wiessner Illinois’ top court on Thursday said U.S. labor law bars unionized workers from suing their employers for violations of the...
Illinois Supreme Ct.: 5-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Biometric Privacy Claims February 3, 2023 By Jim Sams Plaintiffs have five years to file claims to allege violations of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, the state Supreme Court...
Duane Morris: 2022 Was a Banner Year for Billion-Dollar Class Action Settlements January 18, 2023 Drugmakers and distributors that settled misconduct allegations related to the national opioid epidemic led to a banner year for class-action...
Face-Scanner Clearview Agrees to Limits in Court Settlement May 11, 2022 By Kathleen Foody Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has agreed to restrict the use of its massive collection of face images to settle...