The Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., No. 128004 that a violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “Act” or “BIPA”) occurs and accrues every time a scan of a...more
Unionized employers in Illinois may have a useful defense to expensive employee BIPA lawsuits: the management rights clause and federal preemption law. A grievance might be a lot cheaper than a lawsuit....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court held that the Labor Management Relations Act does not preempt claims under the Labor Code where a defense requires little more than referring to a collective bargaining...more