Maveric Searle

Last week, as the Illinois legislative session nears its close, the Illinois House of Representatives voted to enact Senate Bill 2979, the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) reform amendment that had previously passed...more Last Friday saw what has become an all too common sight in Springfield, Illinois—the end of another legislative session without Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) reform. Going into the end of the session, hopes were...more Last week, the Illinois Supreme Court put an end to the streak of unfavorable Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) opinions for defendants before that court. In Walton v. Roosevelt University, the...more As you likely heard, in two recent rulings, the Illinois Supreme Court finally addressed important statute-of-limitations issues. In Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, the Supreme Court ruled that a five-year statute of...more