In light of the Illinois Supreme Court’s string of recent, individual-friendly decisions related to Illinois's Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) (see our Firm’s commentary on those decisions here and here), it was...more
In a unanimous decision, the Illinois Supreme Court determined that the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) is pre-empted by the Labor Management Relations Act for many employees covered by a collective bargaining...more
Alleged violations of privacy laws continue to bedevil the federal courts—in particular, with respect to determining whether an alleged violation creates a sufficiently concrete and redressable grievance to permit the federal...more
On November 17, 2020, the Seventh Circuit held that allegations that a defendant violated Section 15(a) of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS § 14/1, et seq.—which requires an employer that...more