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Class action accuses Lettuce Entertain You of slapping on 'deceptive' Covid-related surcharges to customer checks
The lawsuit says the 3-4% surcharges and processing fees are added to customer bills at the time of purchase, with no warning, in violation of state consumer fraud law -
Hyatt keeps up effort to make timeclock vendor Kronos pay for its biometrics class action settlement
The Hyatt hotel chain agreed in January to pay $1.1 million to settle a class action lawsuit over worker fingerprint scans. But the hotelier wants a judge to let it keep suing its timeclock supplier, who Hyatt says actually allegedly violated Illinois' biometrics privacy law -
Law firms seek $427K in worker fingerprint scan lawsuit vs Hyatt Hotels; Workers slated to get $1,500 each
A group of Chicago lawyers want $427,000 in fees for pressing a lawsuit against Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels, which alleged the chain breached biometric privacy law, saying their cut of the pie is "eminently reasonable." -
Alliance Ground workers could get $1K-$2K each under class action deal over fingerprint scans; Lawyers to get $655K
The $1.64 million settlement would end a class action lawsuit, filed in 2017 under the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act, against the company that handles cargo at O'Hare International Airport -
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Navy Pier hit with class action over worker biometric punch clock scans
Lawsuit accuses the company that operates Navy Pier of violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act -
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Hyatt: Timeclock vendor should be target of biometrics class action over hotel worker fingerprint scans
Hyatt says timeclock vendor Kronos actually collected scanned worker data protected under BIPA, not the hotel chain. -
Appeals panel bags class action vs Fannie May over 'slack fill' candy packaging
Saying customers got the chocolate candy they paid for, a federal appeals court has boxed up a class action lawsuit against Fannie May, which had accused the candymaker of under filling its candy packages. -
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. -
Former employee brings class action vs Swissport USA over employee fingerprint scans
An ex-employee has filed a class action lawsuit against aviation company Swissport USA, accusing the company of violating her rights and those of other workers' under an Illinois biometrics privacy law, when requiring workers to scan their fingeprints when using a biometric punch clock. -
New BIPA class actions target Walmart, Handi-Foil, Bob's Discount Furniture, others over fingerprint scans
In the wake of an Illinois Supreme Court ruling appearing to green light such actions, a flurry of class action lawsuits have landed in Cook County courts in the last few days, accusing a number of employers, including Walmart, of violating a state privacy law in making employees scan their fingerprints when punching the clock or accessing cash registers. -
Judge boxes up class action vs Fannie May over amount of candy in its packages
A federal judge in Chicago sided with Fannie May and has bagged a class action complaint accusing the chocolatier of under filling its candy packages. -
Employee accuses Reladyne of violating IL privacy law in scanning workers' fingerprints for timekeeping
A fuel delivery driver has filed a class action lawsuit against his employer under an Illinois privacy law, claiming the company didn't obtain written consent before scanning his fingerprints for use with its punch clock system.