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Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a set period... more +
Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a set period usually commencing from the date of the wrong or injury or the discovery of the wrong or injury. Except for under a limited set of circumstances, if an individual does not file a suit within the specified time period, the law bars them from ever suing on that claim. less -
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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

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

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 Rules Privacy Act Claims Have Five Year Statute of Limitations

On February 2, 2023, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois ruled that all claims under Section 15 of the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act or BIPA) have a five year statute of limitations. 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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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

McDermott Will & Emery

Illinois Appellate Court Rules on BIPA Statute of Limitations

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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

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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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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

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