CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge in Illinois dismissed a would-be biometric privacy class action after the plaintiff disappeared, saying plaintiff lawyers “skirted close to the line” of sanctions by pursuing the case without properly investigating the claims.
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.
Retail and restaurant associations have asked the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to side with White Castle in a dispute over "absurd" sums that class action plaintiffs can demand in lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
An Illinois man brought a class action lawsuit against a Texas-based thermometer manufacturer for allegedly illegally collecting and storing biometric data, according to documents filed on February 16 and the Cook County Circuit Court.
A class action complaint was filed earlier this month against hotel and hospitality management company Columbia Sussex Management, LLC, which owns Marriott Chicago O'Hare, for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
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.
A class action suit has been brought against NorthAmerican Concessions Inc., a company which operates various eateries at Midway International Airport in Chicago, for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), according to documents filed in Cook County Circuit Court.
Vehicle accessory maker Weathertech was sued in 2019 under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, but says it didn't operate the biometric timeclocks installed at its factory, and didn't know how they worked.
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.
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.
A judge has granted preliminary approval to an initial $4.1 million settlement, though the total could climb as high as $14.1 million. NovaTime is agreeing to end litigation despite arguing individual employers' hold liability for alleged violations, not them.
A panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals said certain claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act don't automatically warrant return trip to Cook County or other Illinois state courts.
A federal judge has brought down a suit against the manager of a Loop building, which alleged the manager conspired with unions to force tenants to use union labor, saying there isn't enough evidence to support illegal "hot cargo" conspiracy claims.
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.
Jones Lang LaSalle which manages many commercial properties in downtown Chicago has been accused of conspiring with labor unions to force tenants to use pricey union labor for building renovations and moving services.
A new class action lawsuit accuses school bus giant First Student of violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law in the way it required job applicants to scan their fingerprints for background checks.