The settlement would end the court fight in the first class action under the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act to go to trial. A federal judge last summer tossed out a $228 million jury award secured by plaintiffs.
A federal judge denied Tubi's attempt to use an arbitration clause in its user agreement and other legal arguments to quickly defeat a class action lawsuit accusing the streaming service of violating a federal video privacy law
Camelot Education, a provider of special education services, has become one of the latest Illinois employers targeted by a growing number of class action lawsuits under the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act.
The company has become one of the latest big Illinois employers targeted by the growing numbers of potential big money lawsuits under the Illinois genetic information privacy law.
A class action lawsuit has been lodged against Southwest Airlines, making the airline the latest large employer operating in Illinois to be targeted with a potentially big money claim under the state's genetic information privacy law for allegedly asking job applicants about their medical histories.
The lawsuit asserts Verilife branded dispensaries used IDentiFake-branded tech from Tokenworks to improperly scan and collect customers' facial scans when checking IDs of those purchasing cannabis products
Online streaming TV service FuboTV faces a class action lawsuit, accusing it of allowing its users' history and data to be tracked, allegedly in violation of a federal privacy law.
Truck driver who sued loses out on chance to seek exponentially more money for himself, other truck drivers, his lawyers, after judge will limit new trial solely to question of damages, not whether BNSF owes for nearly 2 million violations of the law
The lawsuit claims the companies, which offer tech to help landlords combat apartment rental application fraud, violated Illinois' biometrics privacy law by scanning applicants' facial images without notice or consent
Lawyers for BNSF Railway are pushing to undo a $238 million verdict in favor of 45,000 truckers, who claim BNSF violated Illinois' biometrics privacy law by making them scan fingerprints to access rail yards. Plaintiffs, though, say the verdict should've been $807M
A Chicago appeals court says Mitek can't sidestep the potentially massive class action by claiming it should also be covered by a mandatory dispute arbitration clause in one of its customers' user agreements.
FaceTec, which provides ID verification services for dating app Tinder and many others, is accused of scanning users' faces without notice or consent, allegedly in violation of Illinois' biometrics privacy law
The lawsuit accuses SP Plus of violating Illinois' biometric information privacy law, potentially placing the company at risk of massive payouts for using face scanning tech as part of its security strategies at its parking garages in Chicago
Freight rail operator BNSF says the $238 million verdict violates the Constitution and federal law, as the plaintiffs admit 'they suffered no actual harm.' Plaintiffs, in turn, now seeking $800 million instead
The verdict against railroad company BNSF ended the first such class action lawsuit taken to trial under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. BNSF vowed to appeal
