August 28, 2026
The Seventh Circuit agreed Friday that a vendor Charles Schwab uses to authenticate customers' voiceprints is exempt from Illinois' biometric privacy law as it refused to revive claims that the vendor illegally collected callers' data.
January 02, 2026
The Seventh Circuit will have its first opportunities in 2026 to analyze recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent narrowing federal bribery convictions as it resolves two high-profile public corruption appeals, while the Illinois Supreme Court could significantly impact state jury management when it decides whether a juror's "surrender" note signaled enough deliberation discord to warrant a retrial.
October 27, 2025
Two Seventh Circuit judges on Monday grilled an attorney for a proposed class of Illinois residents seeking to hold a voiceprint authenticator used by Charles Schwab liable under a biometrics privacy law, questioning how they were injured and whether they have standing if the data was collected on behalf of an institution exempt from the law's requirements.
July 03, 2025
The impact of regulatory permits on insurance policy pollution exclusions, the debate over ditching two-step collective certifications and further interpretation of Illinois' biometric privacy law are at the heart of some of the state's biggest cases to watch through the end of the year.