September 08, 2023
A nearly $7 million biometric privacy settlement between Little Caesars and thousands of employees who targeted the company's finger-scanning time clock has easily received preliminary approval from an Illinois federal judge who said she was glad the four-year-old case has been resolved.
September 05, 2023
Little Caesars and a former employee asked an Illinois federal court on Friday to grant preliminary approval of a $6.9M settlement of a proposed class action claiming the pizza chain violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by using a timekeeping system that scanned employees' fingers without first obtaining their informed consent.
August 17, 2023
Little Caesars and one of its employees signaled Thursday that they have struck a deal in a proposed class lawsuit claiming the pizza chain required employees to use a biometric timekeeping device that scanned, used and stored their fingerprints without informed consent.
May 02, 2023
Little Caesars has asked an Illinois federal judge to reject a class certification bid by employees accusing the pizza chain of violating the state's biometric privacy law, saying many in the proposed class consented to fingerprint scans and wrongly seek awards that would run into the billions of dollars.
October 20, 2021
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday stayed a suit by two former employees alleging Little Caesars violated the state's landmark biometric privacy law while issues that could affect their claims make their way through the state's appellate courts.
August 10, 2020
An Illinois federal judge won't let Little Caesars escape a suit by two former employees alleging the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting their fingerprint data without consent, saying documents proffered by the company cannot be recognized as evidence at this stage.
April 15, 2019
Little Caesars has asked an Illinois federal court to throw out a proposed Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act class action claiming the pizza chain failed to obtain workers' written consent to collect their fingerprint data, arguing the lead plaintiff gave her written OK for collection.