Amazon Defeats Shareholder Suit Over Possible BIPA Violations

Amazon.com Inc. defeated a shareholder’s lawsuit seeking to investigate the company for possible violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Aleta Thompson, an Amazon stockholder who filed her complaint under the Delaware General Corporation Law, failed to establish a credible basis that Amazon engaged in wrongdoing, a requirement before forcing a company to open its books under that law, Judge Ian S. Birk of the Washington Court of Appeals said Monday.

Thompson argued that the credible basis was provided by four lawsuits filed by others accusing Amazon of violating BIPA, including one lawsuit, Vance v. Amazon.com Inc., that ...