‘Legal minefield:’ Biometrics reforms needed to keep IL tech biz growing – Legal Newsline

Illinois has rolled out a series of tax incentives and other support geared at making locations in the Prairie State even more attractive to data center developers. However, Kouri Marshall, of the Chamber of Progress, a Virginia-based trade group that advocates for many of the country’s biggest tech companies, is warning Illinois lawmakers that such growth in Illinois could be slowed or even endangered - and Illinois could fall behind rival destinations - thanks to a perceived threat of massive lawsuits under BIPA, as it currently stands.