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FDA: Sterilization plants needed to boost PPE supply vs COVID; activists question, resist call to reopen plants
Anti-EtO sterilization groups in IL, GA, oppose FDA's call to reopen medical sterilization plants closed last year, which FDA says are needed to help fight COVID-19 -
IL Supreme Court: No actual harm needed to sue businesses for scanning fingerprints, other biometric IDs
The Illinois Supreme Court says an Illinois privacy law doesn’t require plaintiffs to prove they were actually harmed before suing businesses and others who scan and store their fingerprints or other so-called biometric identifiers. And the decision will give a green light to dozens of class action lawsuits already pending against businesses of all sizes in the state’s courts, with even more likely to follow.