Biometric Information, Putative Class Actions, Appeals

“Biometric Identifiers Must Identify”: The Ninth Circuit Clarifies the Scope of BIPA

Perkins Coie on 7/12/2024

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Zellmer v. Meta Platforms, Inc., on June 17, 2024, affirming dismissal of a putative class action filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more

Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies the Statutes of Limitations Applicable to BIPA

King & Spalding on 12/16/2021

On September 17, 2021, in Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., the Illinois Appellate Court decided which of the state’s statutes of limitations applies to claims brought under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA”). The...more

Increasing Exposure for Insurers and Employers as Courts Strike Workers’ Comp Bar to BIPA Claims

White and Williams LLP on 10/5/2020

Litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has expanded tenfold. Although the statute was enacted 12 years ago, litigation under its private cause of action has spiked in more recent years partly...more

Illinois Supreme Court Opens Floodgates for Biometric Lawsuits: Will the Business Community Lobby for Change?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/4/2019

The Illinois Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling in Rosenbach and reversed the appellate court’s decision that technical violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA” or “Act”) without “some...more

Five Steps to Help Reduce Risk of Using Biometrics Following Illinois Supreme Court BIPA Ruling

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/30/2019

In a highly anticipated ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court on January 25, 2019, held that plaintiffs who violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act — which regulates the collection of biometric information such...more

Rosenbach v. Six Flags - Illinois Supreme Court Takes Expansive View of Statutory Standing Under the Biometric Information Privacy...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/29/2019

• On January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision interpreting the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in the Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp. appeal. The court ruled that a plaintiff does not...more