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Alejandro Caffarelli Named to Super Lawyers Top 100
The Firm is proud to have attorney Alejandro Caffarelli named as one of the 2023 top 100 Illinois lawyers in all practice areas by Super Lawyers, for the second consecutive year. -
Bed Bath & Beyond online platform PersonalizationMall.com to pay $4.5M to settle worker fingerprint scans class action
Workers would get $569-$952 each, lawyers will get up to $1.5M from the settlement -
Alejandro Caffarelli Named to Super Lawyers Top 100
Alejandro Caffarelli Named to Super Lawyers Top 100. -
Class action accuses El Milagro of 'fostering sexually hostile work environment' towards women
The class action lawsuit alleges the popular tortilla maker violated the Illinois Human Rights Act. -
Appeals panel: Unionized workers can't press individual biometric legal claims vs employers over punch clock fingerprint scans
A federal appeals court says people who belong to a union can't sue their employers individually under Illinois' biometric privacy law, and can't press their claims in arbitration, either. -
Jetson Mailers hit with biometrics class action over worker fingerprints
A Lemont mail production company was accused of illegally collecting, using and storing biometric data by a class action lawsuit. -
Salvation Army to pay $898K to settle class action over worker fingerprint scans; Lawyers to get $299K
A Cook County judge has signed off on a settlement deal to end a class action that accused the Salvation Army of violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law for requiring workers to scan their fingerprints when punching the clock. -
Judges: Federal labor law dooms unionized workers' IL biometrics class actions vs employers
On Nov. 30, two federal judges ruled a federal appeals decision means workers represented by unions can't bring class actions under the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act against their employers for requiring fingerprint scans when punching the clock. -
Trader Joe's among latest employers hit with class action over workers' biometric timeclock scans
Lawsuit accuses Trader Joe's of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act in the way it made workers scan facial geometry and eyes to verify ID when punching the clock. -
Lawyers get $100K, laid-off workers each collect $487 in settlement of Treasure Island grocery-unpaid wages suit
A $300,000 settlement of a lawsuit that accused the defunct Chicago-area Treasure Island supermarket chain of neither giving proper notice to workers before closing nor paying their unused vacation time, will give $100,000 to the workers' lawyers and an average of $487 to each worker. -
Ex-Do & Co. Chicago laborer claims company violated BIPA by requiring worker fingerprint scans
A man who worked as a laborer for Do & Co Chicago is claiming the company violated Illinois law by using a fingerprint scan for tracking workers' time and attendance. -
Appeals panel: District 214 can't escape jury verdict for worker who suffered mental health problems at work
Arlington Heights District 214 failed to persuade a federal appeals court to toss a jury verdict that it failed to protects the rights of an employee who suffered mental health problems. -
Salvation Army hit with new class action over worker fingerprint scans under IL biometrics law
The Salvation Army has become one of the latest targets among an expanding number of class action lawsuits filed against businesses and other organizations under an Illinois biometrics privacy law. -
CN, Dylan's Candybar, Pete's Market, Freudenburg Household Products among latest sued for scanning worker fingerprints
Freight rail operator CN, Dylan's Candybar, Pete's Market and the maker of Vileda and O'Cedar cleaning products are among the employers hit with class actions, as the lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act continue to multiply. -
Warren Barr rehab centers hit with class action over worker fingerprint scans, alleged BIPA violations
The Warren Barr group of Chicago nursing homes and rehabilitation centers have been hit with a class action lawsuit, alleging they violated a state privacy law by making their employees scan their fingerprints when punching in and out of work shifts. -
CAFFARELLI & ASSOCIATES: Caffarelli & Associates Ltd. Obtains $1.2 Million Arbitration Award on Behalf of General Counsel
Following a 2018 hearing handled by Alejandro Caffarelli and Lorrie Peeters, an Arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association in Chicago awarded a Firm client over $1.2 Million in backpay, interest, and attorneys’ fees in a claim filed pursuant to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act and common law breach of contract. -
Fired workers say Treasure Island Foods owes them 60-days pay after abrupt store closures
A group of employees of Chicago’s recently shuttered Treasure Island supermarket chain have delivered their former employer with a class action lawsuit, accusing the company of violating their rights under state and federal laws entitling them to either a 60-day notice that the company was closing its doors, or a check equivalent to 60 days’ pay and other owed benefits. -
Judge: No 'risk of harm' to Rexnord workers from fingerprint scan time clocks; case sent back to Cook courts
A federal judge has kicked back to Cook County court a class action lawsuit accusing manufacturer Rexnord of violating an Illinois state privacy law by requiring employees to scan their fingerprints when using employee punch clocks to track work hours. -
Kerry Inc. allegedly collected employees' fingerprint scans without consent
Five workers have filed a class action lawsuit against food product maker Kerry Inc. for alleged violation of state law. -
Aramark tagged with worker fingerprint class action under IL privacy law
Aramark, one of the country’s largest employers, providing food service and other vendor services to Chicago’s Soldier Field and numerous schools, corporate headquarters, hospitals, prisons and other institutional facilities throughout Illinois, has become one of the latest targets among a growing number of lawsuits under an Illinois privacy law, accusing employers of not properly handling the process of scanning and managing their employees’ fingerprints to log employees’ work hours.