April 25, 2024
An Illinois federal judge said Thursday he would grant preliminary approval to a $9.4 million settlement resolving a class action targeting White Castle's biometric timekeeping practices but added he wants more information on why all employees are poised to receive the same recovery regardless of how long they worked there.
September 02, 2020
White Castle should not be allowed to jump to the Seventh Circuit for a ruling on how violations accrue under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Information Act, a manager at the fast-food chain argued in federal district court Tuesday.
August 07, 2020
White Castle lost another bid to dodge a manager's proposed class action alleging the fast-food giant repeatedly violated Illinois' biometric privacy laws when an Illinois federal judge ruled Friday that the claims were not time-barred.
July 15, 2020
A White Castle manager has asked an Illinois federal judge to reject the fast-food chain's bid to ditch a proposed class action claiming it breaks the state's biometric privacy laws by requiring fingerprint authentication for pay stub access, saying the company can't argue her claims are untimely.
June 17, 2020
An Illinois federal judge has ruled that a White Castle manager can go ahead with the bulk of her suit accusing the fast-food chain of breaking Prairie State biometric privacy laws with its use of a system requiring fingerprint authentication to access pay stubs.
March 13, 2019
A former employee suing White Castle for allegedly requiring her to use her fingerprint to access her pay stubs without permission twice gave written consent for the scans, the burger chain told an Illinois federal judge Tuesday.