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Pexco, Siffron plastics employee pursuing class action over worker fingeprint scans
Plastics manufacturers Siffron and Pexco have been hit with a class action, accusing them of improperly requiring workers to scan fingerprints, allegedly without proper notice and consent under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. -
Time clock maker Kronos wants class action halted while appeals courts mull limits on IL biometrics class actions
A maker of workplace time clocks, which is facing a massive class action under Illinois biometric law, has asked a Chicago federal judge to pause the suit while two appellate panels address questions in two other cases that could affect the Kronos suit and other similar actions. -
Workers using biometric time clocks will learn of class action against biometric maker, despite fear of employers that workers will turn around and sue them
A Cook County judge will let a plaintiff, who has settled with a biometric maker in a privacy class action, notify employees of businesses that used the biometric technology of their right to settlement funds, despite the businesses' fear these employees will learn they can sue them. -
Save-A-Lot owners to pay $762K to settle class action over worker fingerprint scans; Lawyers get $267K
Under the deal, 693 workers would get $625 each, according to settlement documents -
Superior Health Linens to pay $790K to settle biometrics class action over worker fingerprint scans; Lawyers to get 35%
A supplier of hospital bed linens and other health care textile products has agreed to settle a class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. -
Appeals panel tosses overboard remaining challenges to $76M settlement in cruise line telemarketing class action
A federal appeals panel in Chicago has upheld a federal judge's ruling tying up loose ends holding up a $76 million payout under the largest TCPA class action settlement ever -
Judge deletes, for now, Cook County lawsuit vs Facebook over Cambridge Analytica 2016 data mining
A Cook County judge has ruled a lawsuit brought by the Cook County State's Attorney failed to show where Facebook guaranteed data security or how it intended to deceive its users -
Puma accused of violating Illinois biometric privacy law in class-action suit
A class action lawsuit filed on March 1 in Cook County Circuit Court accuses athletic apparel company Puma North America of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act over worker fingeprint scans. -
Illinois McDonald's franchisee accused in class action of violating IL biometrics law over worker handprint scans
A class action suit filed on Feb. 26 in Cook County Circuit Court accuses Bearco Management Inc, owner of over 30 McDonald's restaurants across Illinois, of illegally collecting, storing and using workers' biometric data. -
Judge OKs $25M deal to end IL biometrics class actions vs ADP over worker fingerprint scans
The settlement will provide $375 each to 40,000 class members, and $8.75 million to three law firms that led the lawsuits under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act. -
Judge OKs $650M deal to end Facebook photo tagging class action; $345 payments to users, $97.5M to lawyers
A federal judge in San Francisco granted final approval to a settlement he called a "major win for consumers in ... digital privacy. -
Biometrics class action targets tech vendor Haemonetics for plasma donor fingerprint scans
The class action could include "hundreds" of people who donated plasma at donation sites, including those operated by Octapharma, in Illinois. -
Cook County or federal court? Cleaview to ask SCOTUS for final answer on right court for IL biometrics class actions
Facial scanning tech firm Clearview says it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to unravel a thorny tangle of clashing decisions on which courts have jurisdiction over class actions brought under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. And big money could ride on the answer. -
ComEd says Madigan bribery-rate hike class actions should be tossed, because state regulators OK'd higher rates
ComEd is telling a judge he should pull the plug on multimillion-dollar class action suits, which allege ComEd bribed state Democratic figures to jack up electric rates, because the rates were authorized by the Illinois Commerce Commission. -
IL Supreme Court green lights appeal to decide if employers can use workers' comp law to beat biometrics class actions
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a South Side nursing home operator, who argues the state's workers' comp law should shield it from a class action lawsuit brought by workers over fingerprint scans under the state biometrics privacy law. -
Federal judge says ID verification firm can't use online user agreement to force arbitration in BIPA lawsuit
ID verification company Onfido was sued under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by OfferUp users who verified their identity using Onfido's TruYou program. -
Citizens Utility Board, Edelson firm join class action court fight vs ComEd for Madigan bribery scheme
A federal judge granted CUB, with its lawyers from the firm of Edelson P.C., permission to gain a stake in any judgments or settlements offered by ComEd to resolve at least two class actions on behalf of the utility's customers, arising from the utility's role in a bribery conspiracy with the political machine of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. -
ADP agrees to pay $25M to settle worker fingerprint scan class actions; Lawyers could get 36%
Three Chicago class action firms had sued ADP in 2017-18 under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. A judge granted preliminary approval to a settlement deal on Nov. 6. -
Edelson lawsuit: Injury lawyer Girardi, Real Housewives star wife embezzled plane crash settlement money to fund 'lavish' habits
The lawsuit asserts L.A. personal injury lawyer Tom Girardi and his wife, Erika Jayne, of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, of converting settlement funds intended for the families of the victims of the Lion Air Flight 610 crash, to pay for "outrageous" personal spending practices. -
Timeclock tech maker Kronos: Lawyers on 'fishing expedition' to fuel new wave of fingerprint scan class actions vs employers
Kronos Inc. says two Chicago class action firms are trying to use a lawsuit against them to force Kronos to turn over its customer list, to help them ID new companies to sue under Illinois' biometrics privacy law.