'Self-Inflicted' Harm Can't Prop Up Ill. Publicity Suit

By Allison Grande ( October 3, 2025, 11:26 PM EDT) -- An Illinois federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing people search site InfoTracer of illegally using individuals' names and likenesses to advertise its products, finding that the only harm alleged was "self-inflicted" because the plaintiff had failed to show that anyone other than her own counsel had searched for her information....

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