Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s Chicago office has added two former Baker & Hostetler lawyers to handle a recent surge of class action complaints against Illinois businesses for collecting biometric data like fingerprint scans from their employees.

Partner Melissa Siebert and of counsel Erin Bolan Hines are expected to be announced as new members of Shook’s Chicago office Tuesday. The pair had previously co-led Baker & Hostetler’s BIPA (Biometric Information Privacy Act) practice, Siebert said.

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