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On April 18, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the dismissal of and reinstated a putative shareholders' class action against an amusement park company and certain of its executives...

On April 18, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the dismissal of and reinstated a putative shareholders’ class action against an amusement park...

Cothron v White Castle System, Inc. Illinois Supreme Court held that plaintiff was entitled to separate cause of action for each and every time her biometric data was used in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, BIPA, 740 ILCS 14 et seq.

On February 17, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that violations of the Biometric Information Privacy Act ("BIPA") (the country's first biometric privacy legislation) accrue for each incident of capture or dissemination of biometric information, and not only once for each data subject.

As baseball heads to the All-Star break and the rest of the season, fans are meticulously keeping score and tracking statistics such as RBI, HR’s and K’s. Some follow advanced...

15 settlements of class actions brought under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA. companies settling a BIPA class action should generally expect to pay the entire amount of the settlement fund, either to class members or to a cy pres recipient.

Biometric class actions have proliferated in recent years — and with more states eyeing comprehensive data privacy legislation, companies that use biometric data should plan for the...

Takeaway:  Last year, we reported on a Seventh Circuit decision endorsing a “no injury” pleading strategy for violations of Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).  The...