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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Noteworthy Biometric Information Updates to the Ever-Changing Legal Landscape

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Meta Lays the Groundwork for Potential Sea Change in BIPA Litigation - In Zellmer v. Meta Platforms, the Ninth Circuit evaluated an appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of Meta. This case stemmed from the...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Big Tech, Biometrics and BIPA: Meta’s Recent $68.5M Class Action Settlement

In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection with the company’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

An Overview of Why Class Action Privacy Lawsuits May Have Just Gotten Bigger – Yet Again.

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), enacted in 2008, was one of the first state laws to address commercial collection of biometric data. Biometric data includes an iris scan, a fingerprint, a voiceprint,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Illinois Biometric Act Has Been A Class Action Nightmare, But Things May Get Better

Although the motivation behind the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act – to protect individuals from having their unchangeable, biometric identities stolen or sold to the highest bidder – is noble, the class action...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 7, September 2020

U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It was Set to Start - "John Hall, an attorney for TikTok, said that the app, with some 100 million American users, is a 'modern day version of the town square' and shutting...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 4, August 2020

Crosmun v. The Trustees of Fayetteville Technical Community College Provides Much Needed Guidance to NC Courts on How to Properly Craft eDiscovery Protocols - The Court of Appeals decision in Crosmun is important because...more

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Facebook BIPA Class Settlement Receives Preliminary Approval

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On August 19, 2020, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval of the class action settlement in In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation,...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.5.2020 | Top Story: The U.S. Job Market Sees Surprising Gains

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The U.S. market is improving, with employers adding 2.5 million jobs. For some perspective, “[t]he economy shed 22.1 million jobs combined in March and April.” So, we have a ways to go before we’ve fully recovered. ...more

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Plaintiffs Push For Preliminary Approval Of $550 Million Settlement In Facebook Privacy Class Action

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs’ lawyers reached a landmark $550 million settlement in January 2020 in a lawsuit against Facebook by consumers in a class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Article III Standing Issues Raised in Biometric Privacy Class Action Against Facebook,...

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On January 21, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Facebook’s petition for a writ of certiorari to consider whether consumers alleged a sufficiently concrete injury-in-fact in a biometric privacy lawsuit. A group of...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.10.2020 | Top Story: Volvo May go Public Via Merger With Owner’s Geely Automobile Holdings

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Volvo’s owner, Li Shufu, is mulling over a move to combine the carmaker with his publicly traded Geely Automobile Holdings—a play that would take Volvo public and “unify the bulk of billionaire Li’s growing stable of...more

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Facebook Agrees To $550 Million Settlement In BIPA Class Action

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In the face of billions of dollars of potential liability at trial, social media giant, Facebook, opted for the finality of a class-wide settlement—to the tune of $550 million—reached with Illinois users complaining of...more

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“Untagging” From Photo Privacy Lawsuit: Facebook Settles Its Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Litigation For $550 Million

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 29, 2020, Facebook announced that it had reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “BIPA”) in the U.S. District...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.30.2020 | Top Story: Facebook Pays $550 Million to Resolve Privacy Class Action Over Use of Facial...

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Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit claiming that Zuck & Co.’s use of facial recognition technology violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law. Though the settlement is little more than “a...more

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Companies Using Biometrics Have Hope Despite Recent Court Rulings

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The rapid adoption of biometric technology—designed to measure unique human biological characteristics, like fingerprints, voiceprints, and hand or face scans—has led to a surge of consumer class actions alleging violations...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Certification Of Biometric Privacy Class Action Against Facebook

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On August 8, the Ninth Circuit issued a highly anticipated decision affirming the district court’s certification of a class of Facebook users who suffered alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Certification of Class Alleging Biometric Privacy Violations

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The Ninth Circuit has issued its much-anticipated decision in a class action against Facebook involving alleged biometric privacy violations, affirming certification of a class. In Patel v. Facebook, the Northern District of...more

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Facebook “Tagged” in Certified Facial Scanning Class Action

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Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Illinois class of Facebook users can pursue a class action lawsuit arising out of Facebook’s use of facial scanning technology....more

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Facebook Facing Massive Class Action Trial: Ninth Circuit Rules BIPA Class Action Can Proceed

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In January 2019, we reported on the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision, Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp., where the highest court in Illinois unanimously found that an individual need not allege (or show) an actual...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Facebook Gets Tagged: Ninth Circuit Greenlights Class Action Trial Under BIPA

Class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continue to flood courts’ dockets. In a case against Facebook related to use of an alleged facial recognition technology in...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Finding Article III Standing, Ninth Circuit Declines to Do an About-Face in Illinois Biometric Privacy Class Action against...

In an important opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that plaintiffs in the ongoing Facebook biometric privacy class action have alleged a concrete injury-in-fact to confer Article III standing and that...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.9.2019 | Top Story: Uber posts massive Q2 losses and slowing growth

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Uber went big on Thursday. Unfortunately, for everyone (including fans of cinnamon gum and oversized gingers) it was Big Red, as the ride-hailing company posted a $5.2 billion loss for Q2—its largest ever since it began...more

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Class Action & MDL Roundup: Winter 2019

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This year has begun with cases all over the map, from California to Florida to Massachusetts. The West Coast features overbearing manufacturers, allegedly underpaid lenders,...more

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Clarity on the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, The Supreme Court Weighs In

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Following an opinion by the Illinois Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit will discuss the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act issue — whether the Act requires class plaintiffs to show that they suffered actual harm...more

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Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | January 2019

Going Deep on the California Consumer Privacy Act - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities doing...more

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