Rogers v. BNSF Railway Company
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1:19-cv-03083
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December 14, 2022
Biggest Illinois Decisions Of 2022
Some of the most significant rulings in Illinois this year could lead to disparities in how clients recover damages from defense and plaintiffs attorneys in legal malpractice cases, while also offering guidance on how best to address improper statements made by opposing counsel at trial.
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November 10, 2022
BNSF Seeks New BIPA Trial Following $228M Verdict
BNSF Railway told an Illinois federal judge that the "unprecedented" $228 million damages award it's been ordered to pay after a jury found it violated Illinois' biometric privacy law is unconstitutional and clearly unreasonable given the class members suffered no actual harm.
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October 28, 2022
Off Beat: Scoldings, Supreme Court & More For IP Attorneys
While tracking cases related to their own practice, intellectual property attorneys may not have seen that, elsewhere in law, judges have cracked down on attorneys acting poorly, a new justice heard her first oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court and satirical news site The Onion made a plea to the high court in support of parody. Here, Law360 breaks down why seemingly irrelevant developments are worth your time.
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October 14, 2022
$228M BNSF Verdict Likely To Accelerate BIPA Exclusions
A Chicago federal jury's $228 million award in finding BNSF Railway violated Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act will likely accelerate insurers' coverage exclusions for claims related to the law and ignite disputes over whether "reckless" violations are covered.
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October 13, 2022
3 Takeaways From The First BIPA Verdict
A Chicago federal jury's finding that BNSF Railway violated Illinois' landmark Biometric Information Privacy Act in the first such case to go to trial underscores the urgency for employers and companies to comply with the statute, and will likely lead to appellate battles over a company's liability for third-party vendors.
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October 12, 2022
BNSF Hit With $228M Judgment In First BIPA Trial
A Chicago federal jury on Wednesday found BNSF Railway violated Illinois' landmark biometric privacy law in the first such case to go to trial, handing a win to a class of more than 44,000 truck drivers and forcing the railroad to pony up $228 million in damages.
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October 11, 2022
BNSF Asks To Avoid Jury Verdict As First BIPA Trial Wraps Up
BNSF Railway wants an Illinois federal judge to grant it judgment as a matter of law in a biometric privacy class action led by a truck driver, saying the evidence introduced at the case's landmark trial fails to show it violated Illinois' privacy law or that it could be liable for damages.
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October 07, 2022
BIPA Trial Judge Scolds Witness For 'Sparring Match'
An Illinois federal judge sent the first jury to hear a case under the state's biometric privacy law out of the courtroom Friday in the middle of a BNSF employee's testimony, scolding him for giving multiple nonresponsive answers and at one point telling the witness to "wipe the smirk" from his face.
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October 06, 2022
1st BIPA Jury Trial May Raise Coverage Headaches
The decisions in the first jury trial over Illinois' biometric privacy statute on issues like the standard for a willful violation of the law and the appropriate damages in cases where biometric information was illegally collected but not published could create coverage headaches for both policyholders and insurers.
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October 06, 2022
BNSF Could Have Halted Finger Scans Sooner, Witness Says
A BNSF Railway executive testified Thursday that the railroad had the authority to direct a vendor to stop collecting finger scans from truck drivers at its rail yard when it was first sued over alleged biometric privacy violations, but didn't do so for nearly a year.
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