By: Stephen Joyce and Skye Witley

The number of lawsuits in Illinois circuit courts alleging violations of the 2008 Biometric Information Protection Act jumped 65%, to 122 cases, during the two months following the Feb. 17 Cothron v. White Castle System Inc. decision, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis of dockets through April 17.

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By: Glenn Minnis

All Cook County judges and court employees will be required to at their "regularly assigned workspace" for the vast majority of their time on the job beginning in mid-May.

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By: Abraham Jewett

Amazon fails to obtain the required informed consent before collecting, storing and disseminating biometric identifiers obtained from its Amazon Flex users, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

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By: Jeff Arnold

Facebook users across the state could be in line for another payout later this year after a $725 million class-action suit against the social media platform was brought against the company for providing personal information to third parties without permission.

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By: Nika Schoonver

Measures would further decriminalize use of substance after its 2020 legalization

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By: Associated Press

Embattled electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the company has reached so far for its role in the youth vaping surge, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday.

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By: Jack Baudoin

The company had to shut down for two weeks last year after consumer complaints, according to WBBM. It was allowed to continue operations after settling with Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office.

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By: Robert Iafolla

The Illinois Supreme Court has virtually shut the door on unionized workers’ lawsuits for alleged violations of a plaintiff-friendly state biometric privacy law, even as it set up messy proceedings when those workers try to bring claims in arbitration.

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By: Scott Holland

A federal judge has ruled in favor of advocates seeking to force the city of Chicago to install potentially costly new equipment to upgrade street crossings to increase safety for pedestrians with limited vision.

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By: John Clark

The Illinois Senate passed a bill Friday that would limit the ability of pro-life advocates to convince women to seek alternatives to abortion.

Senate Bill 1909 prohibits pregnancy crisis centers from using “deceptive practices” to discourage women from getting an abortion.

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