Jackson Lewis PC | USA | 6 Apr 2019
UPDATE: As discussed below, SB2134, as introduced, would have amended BIPA to delete the language that creates a private right of action and provide…
Dykema Gossett PLLC | USA | 26 Mar 2019
Data privacy litigation is not a new frontier. The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) has provided a private right of action for the…
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP | USA | 23 Oct 2017
In a recent decision, the Southern District of Illinois allowed several claims to proceed against the manufacturer and distributor of commercial fish…
Jenner & Block LLP | USA | 22 May 2017
A federal court in Chicago recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by Dale Sabo, an Illinois resident seeking to represent a multi-state class of…
Epstein Becker Green | USA | 15 Sep 2016
In a question of first impression, the Illinois Appellate Court recently addressed what constitutes “bad faith” for purposes of awarding attorneys’…
Jones Day | USA | 5 Aug 2016
The issue of tax overcollection has triggered a spate of consumer fraud lawsuits (often in the form of class actions) across the country, and it has…
Baker McKenzie | USA | 19 Jul 2016
Halo Creative & Design ("Halo"), a Hong Kong corporation, sued Comptoir Des Indes, Inc. ("Comptoir"), a Canadian corporation, in the U.S. District…
Greenberg Traurig LLP | USA | 18 Jul 2016
Sarao, Coscia, and now the Berkshire Power Company, each charged with crimes - spoofing, fraud, false information - relating to commodity trading…
Dentons | USA | 23 Feb 2016
On February 12, 2016, in Toulon v. Continental Cas. Co., an Illinois federal court dismissed with prejudice the latest class action suit against a…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 9 Feb 2016
The Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed a finding for a plaintiff individual, upholding the circuit court’s conclusion that defendant Sears…