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Employee Privacy Rights Statutory Damages

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Washington State’s Revised Personnel File Law - Effective July 2025

On May 13, 2025, Washington State enacted Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1308, which goes into effect on July 27, 2025. This new law amends RCW 49.12.240 and 49.12.250, significantly changing employer’s obligations regarding...more

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Illinois Supreme Court Makes Clear that Workers’ Compensation Law Does Not Preempt States’ Biometric Information Privacy Act

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Yesterday, at long last, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision making clear that state workers’ compensation law does not preempt employment-based claims arising under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The...more

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Employee Privacy by Design: Guidance for Employers Beginning to Comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act

On September 13, 2019, the California Senate and Assembly unanimously passed an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) that places onerous obligations on employers and entitles employees to statutory...more

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Hotel Chain Hit with Class Action Alleging “Misuse” of Biometric Data

Hotel chain Fillmore Hospitality, LLC is the latest target of a proposed class action complaint filed this week, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more

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