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  • Illinois Biometric Identification Privacy Act
    Illinois Biometric Identification Privacy Act

    The Illinois Supreme Court has held that the Illinois Biometric Identification Privacy Act , 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. ("BIPA"), does not require persons whose fingerprints or other biometric identifiers ...

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  • Tenant and employment background check reports
    Tenant and employment background check reports

    Please contact us if you have had a problem with erroneous employee and tenant background check reports. Over 90% of employers and landlords purchase such reports, which provide criminal background ...

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  • CFPB and NLRB Announce Information Sharing Agreement to Protect American Consumers and Workers from Illegal Practices
    CFPB and NLRB Announce Information Sharing Agreement to Protect American Consumers and Workers from Illegal Practices

    CFPB and NLRB Announce Information Sharing Agreement to Protect American Consumers and Workers from Illegal Practices The agreement will help the agencies address unlawful practices involving employer ...

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  • Have you been required to provide biometric information
    Have you been required to provide biometric information

    Have you been required to provide electronic fingerprints, retinal or iris scans, voiceprints, or scans of hand or face geometry? This is common in the employment context, as well as others. The ...

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  • Class certification granted  in King v. State Farm
    Class certification granted in King v. State Farm

    On August 18, 2020, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois certified a class in an action brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1132 ...

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