Case: Individual Employment Rights/Contracts (N.D. Ill.)

An Illinois federal district court granted Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.'s motion to dismiss claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act brought by a restaurant worker whose thumbprint was allegedly collected without written consent, finding that she failed to allege facts suggesting Popeyes controlled the collection of her biometric data, while denying the defendants’ motion for sanctions because Jones and her attorneys had a reasonable basis for bringing the case against both Popeyes and Diamond Jubilee Enterprises, Inc.

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