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Will Voice Recognition Tech Be the Target of a New Wave of BIPA Complaints?

A group of McDonald's customers claim that the food service chain's drive-thru technology violates Illinois' biometric privacy law. If they can prove that the company is using voice recognition to identify repeat customers, some privacy attorneys say the case could make new law.
4 minute read

Law.com

What's Next: McDonald's Customers Order Up BIPA Suit Over Drive-Thru Tech + An Evolution in Ransomware Attacks + A Trial Over AI-Driven Chat

A proposed class action claims McDonald's voice recognition technology is storing drive-thru customer's voiceprint biometrics to create a "tailored experience."
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Action-Snacked Year: Food Labeling Class Actions on the Rise

In this article, the authors examine recent decisions from New York federal courts at the motion to dismiss stage and explain how companies can defeat these cases quickly.
12 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Litigating COVID-19 Deaths? Take Note of This Defense

Tyson Foods Inc. argued the case should be in federal court because its two Texas meatpacking facilities operated as designated "critical infrastructure" by federal agencies and even then-President Donald Trump.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawsuit Targeting 'Double Agent' Employee is Cautionary Tale

Juan Lozano, a former employee, allegedly solicited Garland's customers on behalf of its main competitor in the eight months preceding his March 2021 resignation, according to the complaint.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Restaurant Group Loses Challenge to Cuomo's COVID Restrictions

Progress toward rolling back the restrictions, and recent actions in Albany to curtail Gov. Andrew Cuomo's emergency powers did not moot the plaintiffs' claims. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty said that the "dispositive fact" of the situation still remained and that curbs could be reimposed at a future date.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Meet the Quinn Emanuel Partner Who's Been on Either Side of a Pair of Major COVID-Era Delaware Chancery Merger Decisions

Quinn's Andrew Rossman won a ruling from the Delaware Chancery Court late last year allowing a client to walk away from a deal. Last week he got a ruling forcing Kohlberg & Co. to go through with its acquisition of a company that sells cake decorations and technology for use in grocery store bakeries.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Greenberg Traurig Vaults to Frenzy Lead on Final Day; Just Six Hours Left

Food banks say the need has not abated, citing 1.7 million people in the state who are "food insecure," meaning they do not know how they will obtain their next meal.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

TriMark Defends Pandemic Refinancing Package, as Some Lenders Seek to Undo 'Back-Room' Deal

In a virtual hearing that lasted nearly three hours, lawyers for TriMark and its equity owners, The Blackstone Group Inc. and Centerbridge Partners, defended the rescue package as an necessary emergency measure.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Firms Fight for Position on Frenzy's Penultimate Day

Organizers estimate there are 1.7 million Georgians, including 562,000 children, who don't know where their next meal will come from.
2 minute read

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