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Twitter, newest target in IL biometrics class action over PhotoDNA scans to screen out porn
The lawsuit accuses X Corp, parent company of Twitter, of failing to abide by notice and consent provisions of Illinois' biometrics privacy law before scanning uploaded photos for improper nudity or other sexually explicit content -
Class action: United Airlines targeted by class action over security face scans of passengers
The complaint accuses United Airlines of violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, potentially exposing the airline to a massive payout -
Appeals panel: Companies that wait to put plan in place for handling fingerprint scans can face massive class actions
An appeals court has ruled companies must secure worker consent before requiring fingerprint scans, not afterward, under Illinois' biometrics privacy law -
Class action: Pandora Jewelry's virtual try-on tool allegedly violated Illinois biometrics law
Pandora Jewelry one of the latest targets of a class action lawsuit over face scans of its customers using an online virtual try-on tool, with potentially massive damages at stake. -
Portillo's, Red Lobster, Chipotle, others targeted by biometrics class action over phone ordering system
The class action lawsuit accuses the popular restaurant chains of using an automated voice operating system that improperly recorded and analyzed customers' voices when they placed orders by phone -
Judge expels class action vs DePaul for nixing student refunds after COVID closed in-person classes last spring
A federal judge in Chicago says students can't argue that DePaul University's promotional materials, class catalogs and student handbooks established a contractual promise to continue in-person classes throughout the school year. -
Federal judge shoots down investor class action vs in-flight Internet tech provider Gogo
A federal judge has grounded a putative class action suit vs in-flight Internet provider Gogo, saying the plaintiffs failed to show company officials knew the gravity of a hardware problem when they made sunny statements to investors. -
AbbVie to pay $16.8M in fraud suit settlement, attorneys stand to bring in $5M
Plaintiffs’ attorneys stand to make $5 million from the proposed $16.75 million settlement of a class action suit by investors against North Chicago-based drugmaker AbbVie, which alleged the company hid information that led investors to lose money after AbbVie backed out of a merger with a European company. -
Lawsuit asserting belVita breakfast crackers aren't nutritious enough dismissed for second time
A class action lawsuit alleging Mondelez's belVita brand breakfast crackers aren’t nutritious enough has been dismissed for a second time, and this time it cannot be refiled. -
Class action suit claims makers of Babyganics sunscreen misled consumers about SPF level
A class action lawsuit has been filed in Chicago federal court by parents against the makers of Babyganics sunscreen for allegedly falsely advertising its products as providing a sun protection factor (SPF) of over 50. -
DeVry grads bring class action, accuse school of slanting grad job stats to boost marketing
A group of six DeVry University graduates have filed a putative class-action suit, claiming the nationwide electronics and business school overstates the employment rates of graduates, so as to attract new students. -
Where's the pork? Woman slaps Walmart with class action, claims store brand pork and beans contains no actual pork
Just as actress Clara Peller famously asked “Where’s the beef?” in a series of memorable 1980s television commercials for fast food chain Wendy's, now a Schaumburg woman is demanding in a federal class action lawsuit to know where the pork is in Walmart’s store brand product labeled “Pork and Beans.”