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Illinois BIPA Reform Takes Effect

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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

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Class Action Year in Review: Biometric Privacy

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2023 was another eventful year for class action litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The Illinois Supreme Court issued two long-awaited decisions, holding that BIPA claims are subject to a...more

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Privacy In Focus: BIPA’s Current Landscape and the Crucial Role of Statutory Exemptions

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Throughout much of 2023, businesses found themselves in a challenging position as they continued to grapple with defending against Illinois Biometric Information Privacy (BIPA) class action lawsuits. The year began on a...more

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Year In Review: 2023 BIPA Litigation Takeaways

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This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. Since its enactment in 2008, Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has produced a wave of privacy-related...more

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From bad to worse: Two Illinois Supreme Court decisions expand scope of potential damages under Biometric Information Privacy Act

For several years, companies that collect, use, and store the biometric information of Illinois residents have lived in fear of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), due to a tidal wave of class action...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Illinois High Court Allows Biometric Privacy Claims to Go Back Five Years

A plaintiff has her fingerprints forever. But she doesn’t have forever to file a lawsuit for improper retention, deletion, collection, or use of her fingerprints. For years, Illinois courts have been perplexed on what statute...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Rules a Five-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to BIPA Claims

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On February 2, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a long awaited ruling on Jorome Tims et al. v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., No. 127801, a class action lawsuit alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information...more

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Illinois Supreme Court: All BIPA Claims Subject to Five-Year Statute of Limitations

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In a long-awaited development, on February 2, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court held that all claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) are subject to a five-year statute of limitations. In Tims v....more

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Illinois Supreme Court sets five-year SOL for section 15 BIPA violations

On February 2, the Illinois Supreme Court held that under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), individuals have five years to assert violations of section 15 of the statute. ...more

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Illinois Supreme Court: 5-Year Statute of Limitations for BIPA Claims

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Earlier today, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision in Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., 2023 IL 127801, in which the court held that a five-year statute of limitations applies to all claims arising under the...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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Applicable Statute of Limitations Defined Under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act

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Husch Highlight- •The appropriate limitations period for a cause of action alleging violation of sections 15(a), (b) or (e) of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is the five-year statute of limitations...more

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Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies Applicable Limitations Period in BIPA Class Action Litigation

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On September 17, 2021, the Illinois Appellate Court First District delivered its much-anticipated decision in Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., 2021 IL App (1st) 200563 (1st Dist. Sep. 17, 2021), addressing the applicable...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms 5-Year Statute of Limitations Period for Certain BIPA Claims

Continuing the trend of recognizing Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) as a muscular privacy-protective statute, the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District has ruled that the most common statutory...more

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The Illinois Biometric Landscape Gets Even Tougher For Employers

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The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has proven to be a significant burden on Illinois employers, and a recent Illinois federal court decision may have made the legal landscape even more difficult. In Cothron...more

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BIPA Wave: Three Reasons to Believe It Has Crested

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Though the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) was passed in 2008, it remained fairly under-the-radar until about 2017, when it manifested in a growing wave of class action lawsuits largely centered on whether...more

Holland & Knight LLP

BIPA Update: Class Actions on the Rise in Illinois Courts

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• Cases brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continue to multiply. • Although BIPA was enacted in 2008, a decision by the Illinois Supreme Court in January 2019 held that an individual does...more

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