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Epic Games Inc., the company behind online video game “Fortnite,” failed to adequately protect players’ accounts, opening the door for hackers to steal sensitive information like payment details in a digital breach in 2018, according to a proposed class action filed Friday in Illinois state court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A suit alleging mobile advertising company Kiip Inc. spied on users of a smartphone running application is taking a second lap, this time in Illinois state court, after a pair of app users on Friday rebooted a proposed class action that was largely thrown out by a federal judge last year… Read this piece in
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A proposed class of Walmart Inc. employees sued the retail giant on Monday in Illinois state court, alleging that the company illegally collected their fingerprints without consent, days after the state’s Supreme Court ruled plaintiffs don’t need to allege actual harm to mount such suits… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Archer Daniels Midland Co. on Tuesday dodged much of a proposed class action brought by two horse owners who alleged contaminated feed products harmed their animals, when an Illinois federal judge said most of the owners’ claims don’t have a legal foundation… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A partner at a boutique Chicago law firm admitted that he overbilled clients there and at his previous job at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, according to a complaint made public Thursday by the body in charge of registering and disciplining Illinois attorneys… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 