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We get Privacy for work – Episode 6: The Potential Privacy Risks Inherent to Mergers and Acquisitions
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 243: HIPAA Compliance and Potential Changes with Shannon Lipham of Maynard Nexsen
Compliance Tip of the Day: Rethinking Corporate AI Governance Through Design Intelligence
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending July 19, 2025
SkadBytes Podcast | Tech’s Shifting Landscape: Five Trends Shaping the Conversation
Hospice Insights Podcast - AI in Action: Exploring How AI Is Helping Hospices Do Things in New Ways
FCPA Compliance Report: Ethical Challenges in AI, Data Protection, and Sports with Andre Paris
We get Privacy for work: The Privacy Pitfalls of a Remote Workforce
No Password Required: From AOL to Award-Winning Cuisine to High-Stakes Hacking
#Risk New York Speaker Series – Exploring Future Regulatory Trends and Compliance Strategies with Rory McGrath
Key Discovery Points: Don’t Get Caught with Your Hand in the Production Cookie Jar
How Startups Can Comply With Ever-Changing Privacy Laws
#Risk New York Speaker Series – Bridging the Gap: Effective Risk Communication in Compliance with Rob Clark, Jr.
Privacy for Risk Management: Bridge the Business, Technology and Compliance Gaps
#Risk New York Speaker Series – Inside Behavioral Insights: Tom Hardin on Compliance at #RiskNYC
Innovation in Compliance: Real-Time Fraud Prevention Strategies for Financial Loss Prevention with Vince Walden
Rethinking Records Retention
#Risk New York Speaker Series: The Future of AI Governance in GRC with Matt Kelly
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 15: TAKE IT DOWN: Online Abuse and Harassment with Carrie Goldberg of C.A. Goldberg, PLLC
As employers deal with mounting pressure or desire to implement artificial intelligence in the workplace, they should not forget the laws in several states and localities that place limitations on the use and collection of...more
As the integration of technology in the workplace accelerates, so do the challenges related to privacy, cybersecurity, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI). Human resource professionals and in-house counsel...more
A recent decision from the Northern District of Illinois highlights new legal hurdles for employers using AI-powered video interview technologies under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 ILCS 14/15. In...more
As previously noted, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has invited a great deal of litigation, often resulting in interpretations favorable toward plaintiffs. As a result, we advise employers who use...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: While the plaintiffs’ bar has aggressively pursued class actions under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) in recent years, these cases soon may be rivaled by the influx of class actions brought...more
Join us Wednesday, September 13 at noon for our Ninth Annual Labor & Employment Fall Seminar. This year’s event will be livestreamed from our Chicago office. Our attorneys will discuss the latest employment law updates...more
The California Attorney General’s investigative sweep is a potential harbinger of increased focus on employers’ data privacy compliance with respect to employee data. On July 14, 2023, the California Attorney General...more
As Illinois employers and businesses recover in a post-pandemic world, the continued and growing threat of The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) looms on the horizon. This paper demonstrates that, due to the...more
In a unanimous decision, the Illinois Supreme Court determined that the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) is pre-empted by the Labor Management Relations Act for many employees covered by a collective bargaining...more
As you likely heard, in two recent rulings, the Illinois Supreme Court finally addressed important statute-of-limitations issues. In Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, the Supreme Court ruled that a five-year statute of...more
February brought big changes to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) litigation landscape. On the heels of a catastrophic 228 million dollar jury verdict against BNSF, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an...more
Two momentous decisions regarding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) recently came down from the Illinois Supreme Court. First, the Court recently ruled in Cothron v. White Castle System Inc. that a BIPA...more
On Friday, February 17, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) claims accrue each time a biometric identifier is unlawfully collected and disclosed rather than simply the first time....more
On Friday, February 17, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued another blockbuster ruling interpreting the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). In a 4 to 3 decision, the Court in Cothorn v. White Castle Systems held...more
In a recent 4-3 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court held that claims under sections 15(b) and 15(d) of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) accrue each time a private entity collects a biometric identifier...more
Outside of Hollywood, employers have used biometrics to limit access to sensitive information and secure areas for a number of years. As costs of implementing the technology decreased and the technology became more...more
In a February 3, 2022 decision in Marquita McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park LLC, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that employee claims for damages for violations of their statutory privacy rights under the Illinois...more
Earlier this year, McGuireWoods reported that, in 2021, Illinois courts are expected to decide several open issues related to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Those opinions have recently begun to be...more
A new legislative proposal pending before Illinois lawmakers has the potential to make life a lot easier for employers and businesses when it comes to exposure and liability for biometric privacy claims. While the Illinois...more
The use of biometric-enabled devices has become ubiquitous in the modern workplace. Biometric time clocks offer employers an accurate and reliable way to track employees’ hours, while increasing accountability. Biometric...more
Parents who took their children to Disney World in recent years may have been surprised when Disney “cast members” asked the young princes and princesses to place a finger on a scanner before entering the parks. Biometric...more
It has been reported that a hacker was able to break into the servers of TheTruthSpy, a company that is described as “one of the most notorious stalkerware companies out there” (Motherboard, August 2018) and was able to steal...more
We have been following litigation surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and noting that many employers have been sued for using fingerprints for employees to clock into their jobs....more
In an effort to improve data security, many companies have begun using biometric data, such as fingerprints and other unique physical features, as high-tech replacements for passwords. In fact, the use of “biometric time...more
In the past few weeks, five putative class action lawsuits have been filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq., targeting defendants in the health care, senior living,...more