Class Actions
Uber Data Breach Suits Consolidated in California
" The U.S.
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has settled on the U.S.
District Court for the Central District of California in which to
centralize the class actions arising from the data breach that Uber
announced in November 2017, involving the personal information of
approximately 57 million drivers and riders.
" According to
the panel's transfer order, "California has a
significant connection to [the] litigation, as Uber ... has its
headquarters in [the] state, where much of the common evidence,
including witnesses, will be located."
Illinois Marriott Subject of Putative Class Action Under
BIPA
- According to a putative class action complaint filed in Illinois Circuit Court of
Cook County, SpringHill Suites hotel in Burr Ridge, Illinois,
violated the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act by
requiring employees to scan their fingerprints for timekeeping and
attendance purposes
