Dr. Pepper Employee Biometric Privacy Case Moves to Federal Court

Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc. is trying to get an Illinois federal district court to toss claims it violated the state’s biometric privacy law by collecting employees’ fingerprints without consent.

The case now before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois stems from claims that Dr. Pepper required employees to scan their fingerprints when clocking in and out of work in the state.

Corporate defendants often move state court claims to federal court hoping for dismissal based on more stringent federal standards, such as plaintiffs not showing enough harm to have standing to sue, or failing to state ...