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This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. Since its enactment in 2008, Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy...

An Illinois appellate court decided Tuesday that a general liability insurance policy sold to a Waukegan packaging company clearly excluded coverage for

An Illinois appellate court decided Tuesday that a general liability insurance policy sold to a Waukegan packaging company clearly excluded coverage for

In a ruling that maintains the status quo created by the Illinois Supreme Court’s holding in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., 2023 IL 128004, the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed...

Over the past 5 years, ~1,500 lawsuits have been filed asserting claims under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Over the past five years, approximately 1,500 lawsuits have been filed asserting claims under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). At its most basic, BIPA sets forth...

The Illinois Supreme Court declined to revisit a previous decision that a company can be liable for every biometric scan it conducts on anyone without consent.

Susan Lorenc, Drew Moore, James Shreve and Ryan Gehbauer authored an article for the Illinois State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law News titled, "BIPA Litigation Update: Cothron’s Impact and Employer BIPA Defense Affirmed."

On July 18, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court denied a petition for rehearing in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., 2023 IL 128004. The denial comes five months after the Illinois...

On July 18, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court denied a rehearing on the issue of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) accrual. The request for rehearing derived from an opinion by...