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Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Standing

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On Jan. 24, the Illinois Supreme Court, in Petta v. Christie Business Holdings Company, PC, affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action following an alleged data breach because the named plaintiff failed to allege any...more

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Illinois Supreme Court: Increased Risk of Harm Arising from a Data Breach Is Insufficient to Confer Standing

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On January 24, 2025, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in Petta v. Christie Business Holding Co., P.C., 2025 IL 130337, that a patient who alleged an increased risk of harm arising from a data breach at a medical clinic did...more

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Class Actions Quarterly Update: Biometric Privacy Claims Not Barred by Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act

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Class actions brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continue to trend upward in favor of plaintiffs. Enacted in 2008, BIPA regulates the collection, use, storage, retention, and destruction of...more

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Ill. Supreme Court: BIPA Plaintiffs Are Not Required to Show Actual Harm To Have Standing

On January 25, 2019, in a closely watched case, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a plaintiff need not allege or demonstrate actual harm to have standing to pursue a claim under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Clears Path For More Biometric Data Privacy Lawsuits

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The Illinois Supreme Court on January 25th, made it far easier for workers to bring suit against their employers for technical violations of the state’s biometric information privacy statute, putting employers on notice that...more

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BIPA ALERT: An Opening of the Litigation Floodgates?

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No Actual Harm Necessary to Assert Biometric Privacy Claims in Illinois - On January 25th, the Illinois Supreme Court held that an individual does not need to allege actual harm in order to seek liquidated damages and...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Rules on Biometric Privacy Case

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On January 25th, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously held that actual harm was not a necessary component of proving a breach of the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act. This ruling found that Stacy Rosenbach, the...more

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A Holiday Wish List for Privacy Litigators

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As we speed past Thanksgiving and enter the holiday season, kids shouldn’t be the only ones putting together their wish lists. Here are some things that might not fit under a tree, but would certainly fill us with the joy of...more

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