July 16, 2020
In the first half of the year, the Seventh Circuit determined that federal courts have standing to hear claims over whether defendants violated Illinois' landmark biometric law, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled major paint manufacturers aren't required to pay for lead-related blood testing, and out-of-state plaintiffs got the boot from a product liability class. Here, Law360 takes a look at some of the biggest Illinois decisions so far in 2020.
July 10, 2020
From a Maryland federal judge recognizing the value of personal data in today's economy to a Virginia court sending companies scrambling to keep post-data breach discussions secret, it's been a busy few months in cybersecurity and privacy litigation. Here are five rulings worth revisiting as we head into the year's second half.
June 30, 2020
The Seventh Circuit declined on Tuesday to rehear arguments over a decision that partially kept a woman's biometric privacy suit against Compass Group USA Inc. at the federal level, but clarified why it found she lacked federal standing for claims over the company's retention of data.
May 20, 2020
A "mistaken" Seventh Circuit panel caused a circuit split when it drew a distinction between two sections of Illinois' landmark biometric law to determine federal standing, and the full court should review the case to give litigants more certainty, Compass Group USA Inc. told the court Tuesday.
May 06, 2020
The Seventh Circuit significantly changed the landscape of biometric privacy litigation Tuesday when it held that federal courts can hear claims over whether defendants violated Illinois' landmark biometric law by collecting such data without informed consent.
May 05, 2020
Federal courts can hear claims that employers violated biometric privacy laws by collecting fingerprints without the informed consent of their workers, because that's a concrete and particularized injury that establishes standing, the Seventh Circuit held Tuesday.
April 24, 2020
Food service company Compass Group USA Inc. told a Seventh Circuit panel Friday that a former employee's proposed class biometric privacy suit should have been allowed to stay in federal court under recent precedent that tests standing over procedural violation claims.
April 06, 2020
An Illinois woman leading a proposed biometric privacy class action against Compass Group USA Inc. has asked the Seventh Circuit to weigh in on whether plaintiffs must allege their private data could be disseminated to have standing for the claims in federal court.