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BNSF to pay $75M to settle truckers' fingerprint scan class action; Lawyers could get $27M
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. -
Tubi can't unplug class action for allegedly sharing user info with advertisers
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 -
Class action accuses special ed services firm Camelot Education of improperly asking job applicants about family medical history
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. -
Class action: American Zinc wrongly asked job applicants about family medical history
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. -
Class action: Southwest Airlines should pay for asking job applicants about medical histories
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. -
Class action accuses @Properties of conspiring with National Realtors to boost home prices, agent commissions
Chicago-based @Properties says the 'copycat' lawsuit will fail, because it did not lead or influence National Realtors Association's policies or rules -
Fake ID detector vendor Tokenworks, cannabis dispensary Pharmacann targed in new biometrics suit
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 -
Dot Foods allegedly wrongly asked workers about family medical history, class action accuses
The lawsuit asserts the alleged questions by Dot Foods amounts to a violation of an Illinois state genetic information privacy law -
Online streaming service FuboTV sued over customer data sharing
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. -
Judge voids $228M biometrics verdict; BNSF gets new trial over amount owed for scanning trucker fingerprints
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 -
Judge kills class action accusing Amazon of knowingly selling 'defective' PlayStations
The judge said a handful of negative reviews from gamers aren't enough to claim Amazon knowingly sold defective Sony PlayStation 5 consoles -
Class action targets apartment tenant ID verifiers CheckpointID, IDScan.net over applicant face scans
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 -
BNSF: IL Supreme Court ruling means courts can choose not to order 'annihilative' payouts in fingerprint scan class actions
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 -
Chicago appeals panel says ID verification firm Mitek can't steer biometric suit into arbitration
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. -
Class action: ID verification tech firm FaceTec wrongly scanned faces of users of dating apps, other services
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 -
Class action says SP Plus Corp. wrongly scanning faces of drivers entering parking garages
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 -
BNSF asks judge to undo 'nine-figure windfall' in truckers' biometrics class action
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 -
Jury verdict: BNSF must pay $228M to truck drivers for rail yard gate security fingerprint scans
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 -
Careerbuilder to pay $3.8M to settle sales reps' class action over alleged 'commission stripping'
Eligible sales reps would get at least $625 each, if not 'thousands' of dollars. Lawyers would get up to $1.25M -
$8M deal OK'd to end Ray-Ban app face scan class action vs eyewear maker Luxottica
Illinois residents who virutally tried on Ray-Ban sunglasses could be in line for hundreds of dollars each, if they submitted eligible claims for a cut of the funds by May 31