July 20, 2022
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday gave a final signoff to a $4.5 million deal resolving a lawsuit brought by workers for an online gift platform owned by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. who claimed their employer's fingerprint timekeeping practices violated the state's landmark biometric privacy law.
March 15, 2022
Workers for an online gift platform owned by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. signaled to an Illinois federal judge Tuesday that they've struck a $4.5 million deal with the platform to end litigation over its allegedly illegal fingerprint scanning and collection practices.
June 19, 2020
Workers suing an online gift platform owned by Bed Bath & Beyond under Illinois' biometric privacy law urged a federal judge Friday to consider a recent decision in favor of an employee in a similar suit as the court weighs whether to toss their case.
June 05, 2020
An online gift platform owned by Bed Bath & Beyond has told an Illinois federal court that a proposed class waited too long to accuse it of violating Illinois' landmark biometric privacy law and argued the claims are preempted by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act.
January 07, 2020
An online gift platform owned by Bed Bath & Beyond has been accused in a proposed class action of violating Illinois' landmark biometrics law by requiring warehouse workers to use their fingerprints to track hours and breaks without obtaining written permission or providing required information.