In 2024, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) to clarify that an individual cannot seek recovery for multiple alleged violations of BIPA when those violations concern the same person, defendant entity, and method of collection.
On April 1, 2026, the Seventh Circuit issued its decision in Clay v. Union
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On March 2, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a significant decision, in Freeman v. 3Commas Technologies OÜ, reversing a district court’s dismissal of a class action against an Estonian software company for lack of personal jurisdiction.[1] The ruling provides valuable guidance on when foreign technology companies can
Continue Reading U.S.: Ninth Circuit Expands Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Tech Platforms in Data Breach Cases
