Dremain Moore

Mar 12, 2024 | mondaq.com | James Shreve |David Duffy |Dremain Moore

In the Illinois Senate, a recently proposed Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) amendment seeks to change how BIPA claims accrue, limiting the amount of damages available in instances where there are multiple violations. The Cothron decision, which held that BIPA claims accrued each and every time biometrics were collected, transmitted, or stored absent a written release, emboldened plaintiffs to take aggressive positions when pursuing BIPA claims.

Mar 5, 2024 | lexblog.com | David Duffy |Dremain Moore |Cybersecurity Bits

In the Illinois Senate, a recently proposed Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) amendment seeks to change how BIPA claims accrue, limiting the amount of damages available in instances where there are multiple violations. The Cothron decision, which held that BIPA claims accrued each and every time biometrics were collected, transmitted, or stored absent a written release, emboldened plaintiffs to take aggressive positions when pursuing BIPA claims.

Feb 13, 2023 | lexology.com | Elizabeth Casale |Dremain Moore |James Shreve

In a February 2, 2023 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court announced that the five-year statute of limitations set out in Section 13-205 applies to claims brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) because the Act itself does not have a specific limitations period. This decision settles ambiguity as to which limitations period applies.