Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed Senate Bill 2979 into law, significantly amending the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), yet retaining the availability of statutory damages that have been so problematic for current...more
The Illinois Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision today in the Cothron v. White Castle case, which interpreted the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). The decision is likely to have far-reaching...more