BNSF: IL Supreme Court ruling means courts can choose not to order ‘annihilative’ payouts in fingerprint scan class actions – Cook County Record

After becoming the first business slapped with a massive jury verdict under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law, BNSF Railway is asking a federal judge to either slash the $238 million payout the jury ordered, or at least give them another chance at trial before a different jury.
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Bross
3 years ago

This is how private businesses become wards of the State. Either leave the State or be sued into compliance. Maybe BNSF should fire all employees and stop truck deliveries in Illinois.

Giddyap
3 years ago

FAILED STATE ALERT: One More Example Of How A Ill Conceived Illinois Democrat Law Has Been Weaponized Against Business

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