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Subway can't ditch class actions over franchise worker fingerprint scans, though they don't employ the workers
Judge says corporate ownership of hardware, software creates liability for Subway and HP, although class members aren't direct employees -
Restaurant POS system maker Signature Systems hit with class action over IL worker fingerprint scans
Signature Systems, based in Pennsylvania, markets a point-of-sale system under the PDQ brand, used extensively in restaurants and other settings, to take customer orders and log employee work hours. -
Wheeling heavy equipment company hit with biometrics class action over worker fingerprints
A Wheeling man is leading a class action lawsuit against the Indeck Power Equipment Company for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), according to documents filed Feb. 19 in the Cook County Circuit Court. -
Class action targets Proctortrack over data breach, exposing college students' facial scans
The class action accuses Proctortrack maker Verificient Technologies of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act in the way it maintained and guarded data from students at Loyola University Chicago. -
Class action over worker fingeprint scans dismissed vs Sweetgreen
The lawsuit was withdrawn after the company found the lead plaintiff in the class action had signed documents authorizing the company to scan her fingerprints in compliance with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. -
Appeals panel: 'Reasonable consumers' could be misled by '100% Parmesan cheese' claims
The appeals judges said a federal district judge was wrong to dismiss dozens of lawsuits against the sellers of shelf-stable Parmesan cheese simply because the ingredients on the label explicitly included the cellulose many sellers included as a filler and anti-caking agent. -
Judge pulls plug on ex-students' class action vs DeVry over graduate job placement claims
CHICAGO — A federal judge has again dismissed a class action that former DeVry University students brought against the school. -
Judge slices Parmesan cheese lawsuits, says labels pumped purity, but also listed additives
A Chicago federal judge has partially melted a group of class actions against Kraft, Walmart, Jewel Food, Target and others, which alleged the companies misled consumers as to the purity of grated Parmesan cheese by including hidden cellulose filler, finding labels may have promised unadulterated product, but cellulose was nonetheless listed as an ingredient on those labels.