A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois vacated a $228 million damages award issued following the first-ever jury verdict in an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act or BIPA) class action and...more
7/20/2023
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Damages ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Intentional Torts ,
Jury Trial ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Liability ,
Privacy Laws ,
Recklessness ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Statutory Violations ,
Vicarious Liability
On October 12, 2022, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois concluded that a company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act or BIPA) 45,600 times...more