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Clark Hill PLC

Collective Bargaining Agreement Protects Company From BIPA Suit by Non-Union Employee

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On July 2, Judge Sunil Harjani of the Northern District of Illinois issued an opinion in Sanders v. E.A. Sween Company holding that an employee who was not a member of a union, but was a member of a collective bargaining unit...more

K&L Gates LLP

Biometric Claims by Workers Covered by Collective Bargaining Agreements are Preempted in Illinois

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Agreeing with earlier decisions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Walton v. Roosevelt University that federal labor law preempts employee claims for...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Illinois Supreme Court clarifies Biometric Information Privacy Act

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The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, enacted in 2008, was designed to provide individuals with control over their biometric information and to establish standards for collection. The Illinois Supreme Court has...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

BIPA: The Ongoing Threat Of Employee Class Actions And Recent Developments

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Even in the pandemic, the (high) number of class action filings based upon the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) remains steady. And, against that backdrop come two recent decisions that may impact how employers need to...more

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