( April 1, 2026, 10:45 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois held that claim preclusion does not apply to a lawsuit seeking indemnification from an insurer for an underlying $20 million settlement arising from a class action lawsuit alleging the insured violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), further finding that although the policy’s access or disclosure exclusion applies to the underlying class action, there are genuine disputes of material facts as to the plaintiffs’ mend-the-hold and waiver arguments that may prevent the insurer from raising the exclusion....