Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP | USA | 10 Nov 2023
Although the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), 410 ILCS 513/1, et seq. Was largely ignored by plaintiffs’ attorneys until this year…
Lexology PRO | USA | 11 Oct 2023
Plaintiff attorneys are filing a tidal wave of untested Genetic Information Privacy Act litigation claims in hopes of duplicating the Biometric Information Privacy Act’s success.
Lexology | European Union, Hong Kong, Ireland, etc. | 10 Mar 2023
A look at recent global developments in litigation, including judicial process updates, court decisions and areas of litigation risk to watch.
Worklaw® Network | USA | 13 Feb 2023
The Illinois Biometric Privacy Act ("BIPA") has been a fertile source of class action litigation in recent years as courts continue to grapple with…
Wilson Elser | USA | 9 Feb 2023
On February 2, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in the widely watched Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc. case and unanimously held a five-year…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 2 Feb 2023
In one of the most highly anticipated class action rulings in years, in Tims, et al. V. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., Case No. 127801 (Ill. Feb. 2…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 13 Oct 2022
In Rogers v. BNSF Railway Co., Case No. 19-CV-03083 (N.D. Ill.), the first federal court jury trial in a case brought under the novel Illinois…
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | USA | 29 Jan 2021
As Judge Diane Wood of the Seventh Circuit recently observed in a putative class action alleging violations of Illinois’s Biometric Information…
Greenberg Traurig LLP | USA | 10 Nov 2020
Highlights from this issue include: Third Circuit continues to weaken the ascertainability requirement for class certification.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | USA | 30 Apr 2020
Takeaway: In a data breach class action, the typical panoply of claims asserted include tort claims (such as negligence and negligence per se)…