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Reforms prompt big money appeals in IL biometrics cases
Cook County Record
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Reforms prompt big money appeals in IL biometrics cases

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Oct 13, 2025

Editor's note: This is the second installment in a series of stories discussing the legal landscape surrounding the Illinois Biometric Informa…

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BIPA reforms edge lawsuits down, shift plaintiffs’ targets
Cook County Record
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BIPA reforms edge lawsuits down, shift plaintiffs’ targets

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Oct 6, 2025

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories discussing the legal landscape surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy …

Lawyers circle after ransomware attack on Pitt. company
Pennsylvania Record
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Lawyers circle after ransomware attack on Pitt. company

  • John O’Brien
  • Sep 16, 2025

PITTSBURGH – Seven law firms have pounced on a recent data breach at a Pittsburgh medical office, filing five class action lawsuits in the wee…

Rules laid down to govern FLSA class actions in IL, IN, WI
Cook County Record

Rules laid down to govern FLSA class actions in IL, IN, WI

  • Scott Holland
  • Aug 11, 2025

CHICAGO - As the number of class action lawsuits under a landmark federal labor law continue to surge, a Chicago federal appeals panel has est…

Weak birth-defect lawsuits have Hagens Berman facing penalty
Pennsylvania Record

Weak birth-defect lawsuits have Hagens Berman facing penalty

  • John O’Brien
  • Updated Aug 8, 2025

PHILADELPHIA - A prominent plaintiffs law firm is on the defensive, as it now must explain why its actions in a failed group of lawsuits shoul…

Appeals court to say if IL biometrics law changes apply to past suits
Cook County Record

Appeals court to say if IL biometrics law changes apply to past suits

  • Scott Holland
  • Updated Jun 27, 2025

CHICAGO - A federal judge has given railroad Union Pacific the green light to ask a federal appeals court to decide if changes reducing the fi…

IL biometrics claims multiplied again in '24, helping to fuel big class action payouts nationwide
Cook County Record

IL biometrics claims multiplied again in '24, helping to fuel big class action payouts nationwide

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated May 21, 2025

While reforms passed by Illinois state lawmakers may have blunted some of the worst excesses of the state's biometrics privacy law, the string…

Pritzker signs biometrics privacy law reform; New law will limit risk of business-ending judgments
Cook County Record

Pritzker signs biometrics privacy law reform; New law will limit risk of business-ending judgments

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated May 21, 2025

Illinois employers and other businesses operating in the state have secured relief from a mounting blizzard of potentially financially ruinous…

The Next Battles: BIPA changes will spark new debates, but may not alter field for other rising class action causes
Cook County Record

The Next Battles: BIPA changes will spark new debates, but may not alter field for other rising class action causes

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Jun 13, 2025

The state's business community and other observers are watching to see if Gov. JB Pritzker will sign into law the reforms of the state's biome…

IL Supreme Court says hospitals can't be sued for requiring nurses to scan fingerprints when dispensing patient medicines
Cook County Record

IL Supreme Court says hospitals can't be sued for requiring nurses to scan fingerprints when dispensing patient medicines

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated May 21, 2025

The Illinois Supreme Court has shielded hospitals and health care equipment maker Becton Dickinson from potentially financially catastrophic c…

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