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IL high court: Concerns over 'absurd,' 'annihalitive' payouts no reason to limit damage claims under IL biometrics law

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Feb 17, 2023 @ 11:42am

Divided IL Supreme Court has ruled trial lawyers can demand employers pay potentially billions of dollars in damages covering every fingerprint scan, not just first one. Businesses who don't like it need to ask lawmakers to change the law, court says
Judge dismisses biometric privacy case, saying lawyers `skirted close to the line’ of sanctions

By Daniel Fisher | Friday, Apr 23, 2021 @ 7:45am

CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge in Illinois dismissed a would-be biometric privacy class action after the plaintiff disappeared, saying plaintiff lawyers “skirted close to the line” of sanctions by pursuing the case without properly investigating the claims.
Snapchat defends procedures after facial recognition class action

By Kristin Danley-Greiner | Friday, Sep 2, 2016 @ 9:40am

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – The popular social media platform Snapchat faces allegations by two Illinois users that it stores information that makes them susceptible to identity theft.