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Illinois amends Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA, Federal Trade Commission FTC investigates automakers

Colorado has become the first State to enact comprehensive AI legislation SB 24 205 Colorado AI Act. Other updates on state and local laws on privacy and security

As the law is currently written, companies face the threat of millions, if not billions, in liability exposure, even for mere technical violations of the law.

Lawmakers introduced a bill to revise the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA”) that would, in part, change the manner in which violations of BIPA accrue.

The court sided with the plaintiff, granting the motion to compel and requiring the railroad to produce information relating to the issue of per-scan damages.

The Mosby opinion is a key win for BIPA defendants—especially for health care entities and their biometric technology vendors.

Developments in the law have increased the potential liability that companies could face under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), but fortunately for policyholders,...

Segal McCambridge’s Joseph Kish and Erica Bury analyze an ongoing Illinois case on a company’s scanning and storage of workers’ fingerprints and how entities can avoid liability under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act.

In a landmark decision, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly vacated a $228 million damages award in Richard Rogers v. BNSF Railway Co., the first case tried to a verdict under the...

A Federal Judge vacated his own damages award in an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act class action lawsuit. After the IL Supreme Court ruled BIPA damages are discretionary, the judge ruled to vacate the damages and set a new trial for a jury to decide the fine.