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Class Action Trends Report Winter 2022

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In this issue of the Class Action Trends Report, Jackson Lewis attorneys look back at class action developments in 2021, including COVID-19 vaccine mandate litigation, significant procedural decisions, wage and hour suits,...more

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BIPA Claims Not Barred by Illinois Workers Compensation Exclusivity Provisions

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On February 3, 2022, in a unanimous decision in Marquita McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC, et al., the Illinois Supreme Court (Court) held that a claim for statutory damages for statutory violations of the Illinois...more

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Illinois High Court’s Long-Awaited Decision Holds BIPA Claims Not Barred By Workers’ Comp Law

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The Illinois Supreme Court rejected a potential defense to claims of alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) when it held that the exclusivity provisions of the Illinois Workers’...more

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Does the Workers’ Compensation Act Bar BIPA Claims? Illinois Supreme Court Will Weigh In

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The Illinois Supreme Court recently agreed to hear an appeal of an Appellate Court’s decision addressing whether an employee’s claim for damages under Illinois’s Biometric Information Protection Act is preempted by the...more

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Illinois Appellate Court: Workers’ Compensation Act Does Not Preempt Biometric Claims

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Recently, an Illinois appellate court held claims asserted under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) are not preempted by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (“IWCA”). While the decision—McDonald v....more

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Is BIPA Preempted? – Illinois Appellate Court Considers Workers’ Compensation Exclusivity Question

As class actions brought under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) proceed through litigation, defendants have made a variety of arguments attempting to push courts to define the limits of the somewhat vague...more

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Wave of the Future or a Step Too Far? Wisconsin Company Offers Employees Microchip Implants, Employment Issues Abound

While we may now take Tesla’s connected world for granted, one cannot help but wonder what readers thought of his predictions in 1926 when he made the above statements in a magazine interview. It remains to be seen whether a...more

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