( July 21, 2026, 9:16 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel vacated and remanded a settlement of claims brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) against the creator and curator of a massive digital photo database after agreeing with two objectors that the nationwide class members lacked a separate representative and counsel to protect their interests when settlement funds were allocated in greater shares to four state subclasses....