Illinois Appeals Ct., Thumbing Nose at 7th Circuit, Holds 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...
Viewpoint: Illinois Supreme Court Decision Will Spur a Spike in BIPA Claims March 10, 2023 By Tae Andrews, Peter A. Halprin and Jeffrey Schulman The collection and use of biometric information as a means for verifying security and transactions is now commonplace. The result...
Separate Claim for Each Unlawful Transmission of Biometric Info, Illinois Supreme Ct. Rules February 22, 2023 By Ezra Amacher The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that a separate claim accrues each time a business unlawfully scans or transmits an...
Illinois Supreme Court: Insurer Must Defend Tanning Salon from Biometric Privacy Lawsuit May 21, 2021 By Jim Sams An insurer must defend a tanning salon from a class-action lawsuit that accuses it of violating Illinois’ unique biometric privacy...
Facebook Sweetens Biometric Privacy Accord to $650 Million July 24, 2020 By Malathi Nayak Facebook Inc. bowed to a judge’s concerns and proposed increasing its settlement offer to $650 million to resolve claims by...