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The long-awaited amendment provides immediate relief to corporate defendants from business-destroying liability - On August 2, 2024, Senate Bill 2979 went into effect limiting available damages under Illinois’ Biometric...more
Earlier this year, we reported that the Illinois Senate passed Senate Bill 2979 with a vote of 46 to 13, and the Illinois House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 2979 with a vote 81 to 30. This bill addressed concerns...more
On August 2, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2979 (the “Amendment”), implementing long-awaited, highly anticipated reform to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The...more
Nearly one and a half years after the Illinois Supreme Court saddled businesses with the potential for massive damage awards under the state’s landmark biometric law, Governor J.B. Pritzker just signed into law amendments...more
The Illinois General Assembly recently passed Senate Bill 2979 (SB 2979), an important piece of legislation that makes several much-needed amendments to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). SB 2979 is now at...more
Introduction - Illinois has enacted laws addressing rights and obligations related to data privacy. Companies and organizations that handle, collect, disseminate, or otherwise deal in nonpublic information have a number of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: While the plaintiffs’ bar has aggressively pursued class actions under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) in recent years, these cases soon may be rivaled by the influx of class actions brought...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In February 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a landmark opinion in Cothron v. White Castle finding that claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) accrue each time a private...more
Executive Summary: For this entire 2023-2024 Illinois legislative term, we have been closely watching dozens of proposed employment bills make their way through the Illinois Legislature. In the weeks of May 8 and 15, 2023,...more
The Illinois Supreme Court recently opened the floodgates for class actions under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and created potentially catastrophic exposure for Illinois businesses. In a close 4-3...more
Today the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc. 2023 IL 128004, in which the court held that the statute of limitations accrues with each scan or transmission of biometric...more
On February 2, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court held that all causes of action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq., are subject to a five-year statute of limitations....more
On September 17, 2021, a panel of the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District issued a significant decision on the question of which statute of limitations apply to claims under the Illinois Biometric Information...more
Class actions brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continue to trend upward in favor of plaintiffs. Enacted in 2008, BIPA regulates the collection, use, storage, retention, and destruction of...more
Key Points- •Section 15(b) of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) protects personal legal rights in individuals’ unique biometric information and the right to give informed consent prior to relinquishing...more