Menasha Packaging Company LLC is trying to transfer a biometric privacy case against it from state to federal court in Illinois, arguing the case should move because the company is headquartered in a different state.
The company violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act by collecting employees’ biometric fingerprint data through a time-keeping system without first getting written permission, an ex-worker alleged in a proposed class action in Illinois state court. Menasha Packaging wants to move the case to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
The company in its Thursday filing cited the Class Action Fairness Act, ...
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