There’s a new wave of class action lawsuits hitting Illinois employers, based on a law that has been under the radar for more than 25 years: The Genetic Information Privacy Act, also known as GIPA. Passed in 1998, GIPA...more
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act has become a hot topic within recent months, due largely in part to massive payouts in the courts and new proposed legislation to modify the law. Earlier this year, state Sen....more
Although the motivation behind the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act – to protect individuals from having their unchangeable, biometric identities stolen or sold to the highest bidder – is noble, the class action...more