Many alcohol beverage industry clients are faced with lawsuits attacking product labels. These lawsuits can be frustrating for clients, particularly when the labels at issue were previously approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco...more
As consumer-facing product and service companies go head-to-head in an increasingly competitive marketplace, the risks of doing business are higher than ever before. Whether marketing your products to generate the highest...more
11/3/2022
/ Advertising ,
Best Practices ,
Class Action ,
Competition ,
Complex Litigation ,
Consumer Product Companies ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Defense Strategies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Events ,
Government Investigations ,
Marketing
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic creates unprecedented risk for class action exposure for companies. This article identifies the first wave of class actions we anticipate arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic...more
Illinois Appellate Court upholds wide-reaching Rosenbach decision in the first appellate decision post-dating Rosenbach. The First District Appellate Court rejected attempts to carve exceptions into Rosenbach when it held...more
4/3/2019
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Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Liquidated Damages ,
Standing ,
Statutory Violations
Since the passage of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in 2008, it has been used by plaintiffs’ attorneys to sue companies that use biometric identification technologies. Many BIPA cases have failed...more
2/7/2019
/ Actual Damages ,
Amusement Parks ,
Article III ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Liquidated Damages ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
Standing ,
Statutory Damages ,
Statutory Violations ,
Written Consent