TikTok: The Historic Settlement and Momentous Strides to Protect Users Against Illegal Biometric Data Collection

By: Beth Fegan   In October 2021, a federal court in Chicago granted preliminary approval of one of the largest settlements ever achieved in a consumer BIPA (Illinois Biometric Privacy Act) and privacy class action lawsuit: The $92 million TikTok…

Legacy Professionals Data Breach

Case Update: This class-action complaint has been moved to the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. *** In December 2024, FeganScott filed a class action against Legacy Professionals, alleging that the accounting firm’s inadequate data security measures led to a…

AT&T Data Breach, MVNO

Cellular phone customers have filed a class action lawsuit against AT&T, claiming the telecommunications giant dramatically under-reported the severity of a data breach announced last month, notifying only a subset of those impacted by the breach. According to the complaint,…

CDK Global

FeganScott filed a class action lawsuit against CDK Global as part of a team of affiliated law firms, claiming the dealership software solutions company failed to maintain data security measures, resulting in two data breaches impacting more than 15,000 auto…

TikTok

Update as of 8/22/22: A federal court judge in Illinois entered final judgment after granting final approval of a groundbreaking settlement between TikTok, and its parent company, ByteDance, Inc., and consumers who use the app. The settlement resolves claims that…

Right of Publicity Act

Our client claims a local photography company posted private photographs and other protected information on the internet for the world to see, violating multiple privacy laws.