March 22, 2022
An Illinois federal judge gave his early blessing Monday to a $250,000 settlement resolving about 240 current and former employees' claims that Brandt Industries USA Ltd. scanned and collected their fingerprint data in violation of their biometric privacy rights.
March 18, 2021
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday rejected construction equipment manufacturer Brandt Industries' bid to pause a former employee's biometric privacy suit a second time while issues that could affect his claims make their way through the state's appellate courts.
February 10, 2021
Construction equipment manufacturer Brandt Industries asked an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to again press pause on a former employee's biometric privacy suit until the state's appellate courts resolve some long outstanding questions that could significantly impact his claims.
December 22, 2020
A former employee of agriculture and construction equipment manufacturer Brandt Industries USA Ltd. is asking an Illinois federal court to certify a class of workers in the state who say the company violated their biometric privacy rights by keeping and storing their fingerprints.
November 13, 2020
An Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday that medical and agricultural equipment maker Brandt Industries must face a former employee's finger scan privacy suit, allowing his claims under Illinois' landmark biometric privacy law to move forward.
August 28, 2020
Brandt Industries USA Ltd. asked an Illinois federal judge Friday to press pause on a former employee's finger scan biometric privacy suit until the state appellate court decides two issues that could impact his claims.
May 12, 2020
Agriculture and construction equipment manufacturing company Brandt Industries Ltd. violated hundreds of employees' biometric privacy rights by quietly taking and storing their fingerprints to track their work time in violation of Illinois law, a former employee claims in a proposed class action.