( March 3, 2025, 2:40 PM EST) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The same day commercial general liability and umbrella insurers and the owners and operators of Taco Bell restaurants in Illinois indicated that they have agreed in principle to settle the insurers’ lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that they have no duty to defend and indemnify in an underlying class action alleging that the insureds violated the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a federal magistrate judge in Illinois issued an order on Feb. 28 noting that all scheduled hearings are vacated and any pending motions are rendered moot....