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On February 10, 2025, the first class action complaint was filed under Washington state’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”), over a year after the law was passed. See Maxwell v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., Case No. 2:25-cv-261...more
Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continues to drive a wave of privacy-related litigation across the United States, though a 2024 amendment to the act—the first since BIPA’s enactment in 2008—may slow the...more
2024 was a year chock-full of data breaches and privacy violations. Many new data privacy and cybersecurity regulations were introduced (and became effective), and regulators sent a strong message to businesses that privacy...more
ArentFox Schiff's annual review of significant developments and trends that shaped class action litigation in 2023 has major implications for companies across the country. From labor and employment disputes to landmark...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: While the plaintiffs’ bar has aggressively pursued class actions under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) in recent years, these cases soon may be rivaled by the influx of class actions brought...more
In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection with the company’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information...more
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), enacted in 2008, was one of the first state laws to address commercial collection of biometric data. Biometric data includes an iris scan, a fingerprint, a voiceprint,...more
Second Circuit Denies Settlement of Data Breach Case Due to Lack of Standing - As we previously reported, in April 2021, the Second Circuit became the latest federal circuit to hold that an individual may establish Article...more
Do you want a simple way to keep current on important privacy changes? Avoid sleepless nights wondering whether you missed a privacy speed bump or pothole between annual updates? Worry no longer. Troutman Pepper is pleased to...more
2021 promises to be an exciting year in the data and privacy space. With the adoption of technologies that collect, analyze, aggregate, distribute and share data, and the implementation of new laws and regulations in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: After a defendant in a biometric privacy class action lawsuit unilaterally implemented an arbitration clause, a federal court in Illinois granted the company’s motion to compel arbitration, holding that...more
Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more
Hotel chain Fillmore Hospitality, LLC is the latest target of a proposed class action complaint filed this week, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). We don’t usually discuss the...more
Illinois Appellate Court upholds wide-reaching Rosenbach decision in the first appellate decision post-dating Rosenbach. The First District Appellate Court rejected attempts to carve exceptions into Rosenbach when it held...more
BIPA - Medline and Con Tech Lighting Latest Illinois Employers Hit With Claims under BIPA • Two Illinois employers, Con Tech Lighting and Medline Industries, are the latest to face claims alleging violations of Illinois’...more
Class Actions - Finkly & Sons Co. Faces Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Class Action - A former employee of steelmaker A. Finkly & Sons Co. filed a putative class action against the company in Cook County,...more
Issues of digital privacy are multi-faceted and extend far beyond the now-routine data breaches that make headlines. The digital collection, use, and storage of biometric information (fingerprints, retinal or iris scans,...more
Class Actions - Facebook Users BIPA Suit to Go Forward - • Denying cross-motions for summary judgment, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the class action against Facebook for...more
Below is the latest issue of the Jackson Lewis Class Action Trends Report. This report is published on a quarterly basis by our firm’s class action practice group in conjunction with Wolters Kluwer. We hope you will find...more
Class Actions - Facebook Cannot Evade Suit Under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act Even Where No Proof of Harm - In separate rulings handed down last week in the Northern District of California, the court...more
We leave breadcrumbs of biometric information scattered around our daily lives, which may be collected and used by private entities, often without our knowledge or consent. The sound of your voice when you call your bank’s...more