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Biometric Litigation
Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies BIPA Violation Accruals, Opening the Door for “Annihilative” Damage
Podcast: BIPA Trends in 2022
Data Privacy Legislation, Part 2 (and bonus tips on teleworking from two law mamas who feel your pain!)
5 Key Takeaways | Biometrics: Identifying and Mitigating Legal Risks
As we prepare to close the books on another eventful year in the cyber and privacy space, Wiley’s cyber insurance team is already making predictions for 2025. Q: So, let’s get right into it – based on your experience this...more
Data privacy-related lawsuits have skyrocketed in recent years. Federal courts saw over 900 data privacy dockets in 2020 – but witnessed a surge to 1,767 dockets in 2023. At the halfway point in 2024, federal court data...more
A separate claim under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) accrues each time an entity scans or transmits an individual’s biometric identifier or biometric information, a divided Illinois Supreme Court has...more
Businesses defending class actions under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) have struggled to defeat claims in recent years, as courts have rejected a succession of defenses. We have been following this...more
A jury in federal court in Chicago has returned a verdict for the plaintiff class in the first trial of a case involving claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Rogers v. BNSF Railway Co., No....more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a claim against Meta, Facebook’s parent company, under his state’s Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI) in connection with the company’s facial recognition practices....more
Efforts to secure systems and data from a cyberattack often focus on measures such as multifactor authentication (MFA), endpoint monitoring solutions, antivirus protections, and role-based access management controls, and for...more