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Illinois Reins in Astronomical Damages Under Biometric Privacy Law

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Illinois employers will no longer face astronomical damages — into the millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars at issue in recent class action lawsuits — for violations of the Biometric Information Protection Act...more

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Governor Pritzker Signs Amendment Limiting Damages To A Single Recovery

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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

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Illinois Legislative Update: BIPA Reform Bill Reducing Damages Approved by Illinois House, Awaiting Governor's Signature

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In a significant legislative development, the Illinois House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved Senate Bill 2979, with a vote of 81 to 30, which amends the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to...more

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The Illinois State Legislature Set to Take up BIPA Reform

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Recently, the Illinois General Assembly have restarted efforts to amend the Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2008 (“the Act”). On January 31, 2024, Senator Bill Cunningham introduced S.B. 2979 ostensibly to answer the...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Holds A Violation Of BIPA Occurs And Accrues With Each Scan

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The Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., No. 128004 that a violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “Act” or “BIPA”) occurs and accrues every time a scan of a...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Illinois Supreme Court Holds That BIPA Has a Five-Year Statute of Limitations

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In an opinion issued yesterday in Tims et al. v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., the Illinois Supreme Court answered a long-unresolved question concerning the statute of limitations for claims under Illinois’s Biometric...more

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Seventh Circuit, Illinois Appellate Court Consider When BIPA Claims Accrue

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In a pair of decisions issued in late December, both the Illinois Appellate Court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether claims brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) accrue...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Rules: “Aggrieved” Person Does Not Require Separate, “Actual” Injury for Biometric Information Privacy Act...

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On January 25, 2019, the Supreme Court of Illinois held in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp. that an "aggrieved" person entitled to seek damages and injunctive relief under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act...more

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Airline Cargo Company Sued Under Illinois Biometric Law

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Alliance Ground International is the latest company to be sued for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for collecting and storing its employees’ fingerprints without their consent....more

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