A federal judge certified a class of millions of Illinois users in a biometric privacy lawsuit against Apple, exposing the company to potential billions in statutory damages for allegedly collecting faceprints without consent.
Hazlitt et al v. Apple Inc.
A federal judge in Illinois deemed 24 allegations admitted against the U.S. Forest Service, ruling that the agency’s non-standard responses to the plaintiffs’ second amended complaint violated Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(b).
Friends of Bell Smith Springs et al v. United States Forest Service et al
A federal judge in Illinois has stayed a biometric privacy class action against Meta Platforms, pausing the case while the Seventh Circuit decides whether to hear an interlocutory appeal on a choice-of-law dispute that could end the...
Hartman et al v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
U.S. District Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel denied motions to dismiss federal conspiracy claims in a lawsuit alleging that police officers from the City of Marion and Williamson County, Illinois, coordinated to conduct pretextual traffic...
Phelps et al v. City of Marion, Illinois et al