Specifically, the controversy centers on whether the BIPA reforms should be interpreted to apply to lawsuits filed before the law was changed, or if they should only apply to those suits hitting businesses after lawmakers added the key new language, which at least appears to limit the explicit ability of trial lawyers to use the law to level massive demands for money from employers and other businesses operating in Illinois.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.