15 settlements of class actions brought under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA. companies settling a BIPA class action should generally expect to pay the entire amount of the settlement fund, either to class members or to a cy pres recipient.
Biometric class actions have proliferated in recent years and with more states eyeing comprehensive data privacy legislation, companies that use biometric data should plan for the.
Takeaway: Last year, we reported on a Seventh Circuit decision endorsing a “no injury” pleading strategy for violations of Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The.
In the aftermath of two recent appellate court decisions addressing when claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act accrue, it appears likely that the Illinois Supreme Court will need to provide clarity on this critical question.