December 23, 2025
State and federal courts have handed down rulings in Illinois cases this year that made clear plaintiffs must allege concrete injury for common law standing, narrowed the scope of the federal anti-kickback statute and laid out a new standard for certifying collective actions.
December 18, 2025
A Seventh Circuit panel has affirmed an Illinois district judge's certification of a class of more than 100,000 Amazon shoppers who accuse the e-commerce giant of illegally collecting and preserving their facial geometry data when they used the company's virtual try-on feature to preview products such as makeup and eyewear.
September 09, 2025
Two judges on a Seventh Circuit panel seemed skeptical Tuesday that individual location questions or the risk of a substantial damages award require reversing a district court decision certifying a 160,000-member class in a biometric privacy suit targeting a virtual makeup try-on feature in Amazon's app.