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Judge: Worker's length of time with White Castle doesn't waive her class action over worker fingerprint scans
A Chicago federal judge refused to dismiss much of the class action claims brought against fast food chain White Castle under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. -
Judge: Timeclock vendor Kronos can't punch out sprawling class action over other companies' employee fingerprint scans
Federal judge says timeclock vendors can bear the same responsibility as workers' actual employers to collect consent and provide notice before their customers' employees scan fingerprints when punching in and out. -
New fingerprints class actions target Valvoline, DSV Air & Sea, Food Evolution, Bottled Blonde, three others
Seven more employers join growing ranks of hundreds of Illinois businesses hit with biometrics class actions -
Jewel-Osco corporate parent asks IL appeals court to declare biometrics law unconstitutional
Albertsons says the law illegally exempts 'financial institutions' from numbering among the defendants in 500-plus class action lawsuits filed in just the last 3 years. -
Judge tosses biometrics class action vs Becton Dickinson over fingerprint scanning hospital medicine dispensers
Judge says the class action complaint was short on evidence Becton Dickinson actually collected or shared hospital workers' fingerprint scans when they used the medication dispensers. -
Brief: Fingerpint scan 'megasuit' vs timeclock vendor NovaTime covers too many different workers, employers
NovaTime says the court should pull the plug on the class action under the Illinois BIPA law because the class members' claims would be too varied to allow NovaTime to fairly defend itself. -
WeWork wants facial recognition biometrics class action dismissed
Company says disputes belong in arbitration, also said worker's claims are insufficient -
U.S. appeals panel says Facebook workers waived right to take part in class action saying Facebook shorted them OT pay
A Chicago federal appeals court has said 252 Facebook employees may be cut from a class action, which alleges Facebook shorted them on overtime pay, saying the employees may have waived their right to sue, because they signed agreements to arbitrate disputes with the company. -
Judge tosses funeral home operator's lawsuit accusing Stericycle of improper price hikes
Role of subsidiaries, parent companies unclear without amendment, judge said -
Ex-Loop office tenant's conspiracy claim vs Chicago property manager JLL doesn't 'make sense' to judge
Building management company Jones Lang LaSalle couldn't conspire to coerce itself into boycotting non-union contractors, the judge ruled. -
Appeals court: Access to Social Security numbers, other sensitive info means ComEd OK to pull job applicants' credit
A state appeals panel says electrical utility ComEd doesn't violate the rights of those applying for customer service positions by pulling their credit history, because those jobs handle a great deal of sensitive customer information. -
Cook County, with Madison, St. Clair, land at No. 7 on list of America's worst 'Judicial Hellholes'
Cook County’s courts have again landed on a familiar list, receiving a prime ranking on the list of America’s worst “judicial hellholes.” -
Ex-Griffith Foods machine operator brings class action vs ex-employer over worker fingerprint scans
Alsip-based food product development company Griffith Foods is facing a class action suit filed by a former machine operator who claims the company illegally collected and stored his biometric data by requiring workers to scan their fingerprints when punching the clock. -
Farmington Foods faces class action suit over hand scan requirement for employees
A former Farmington Foods packer/line lead at its Forest Park facility claims the company violated state law when it required workers to scan their hand prints to log their work hours. -
Ex-Riveredge Hospital counselor brings biometric class action vs hospital over worker fingerprint scans
Forest Park psychiatric care facility Riveredge Hospital has been hit with a class action accusing it of violating Illinois' biometric privacy law in the way it required workers to scan fingerprints to punch in and out of work shifts -
Feud rages among Edelson, McGuire firms for control of BIPA class actions vs timeclock vendors
Feud rages among Edelson, McGuire firms for control of BIPA class actions vs timeclock vendors -
Rosewood Care hit with class action over employee fingerprint scans
A Rosewood Care Center certified nursing assistant is suing the health care facility's owners for violating an Illinois state biometrics privacy law in the way it requires workers to scan fingerprints when punching in and out of work shifts. -
Class action claims WeWork's facial recognition requirement violates IL biometrics law
One of the leading providers of shared office space has been hit with a class action under an Illinois biometrics privacy law, claiming the company violated the rights of workers in Chicago in using facial recognition to "monitor" those using its workspaces. -
Class actions targeting more timeclock, software vendors under IL biometrics law for fingerprint scans
More vendors who supply punchclocks and other payroll tracking technology for businesses of all sizes and types, throughout Illinois, have been targeted in class action lawsuits, asserting the vendors should be held liable for potentially millions of violations every day of Illinois’ biometrics privacy law. -
Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino hit with class action over worker fingerprint scans
The operators of the Grand Victoria Riverboat Casino in Elgin have been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing them of violating an Illinois biometrics law in requiring workers to scan their fingerprints when punching the clock.