FERNANDEZ v. KERRY, INC.

No. 21-1067.

14 F.4th 644 (2021)

Maximo FERNANDEZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KERRY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alejandro Caffarelli , Attorney, Caffarelli & Associates Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Melissa A. Siebert , Jonathon Studer , Erin Bolan Hines , Attorneys, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


Five persons who used to work for Kerry, Inc., in Illinois filed this suit as a class action in state court. They seek damages under the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA or the Act), 740 ILCS 14/5 to 14/25. The Act requires private entities to obtain consent before collecting or using biometric information...

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