( April 8, 2026, 10:21 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Ruling on three consolidated appeals regarding whether an amendment to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) limiting recovery to a single violation applies retroactively to cases pending when the amendment was enacted, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded lower court rulings holding that the amendment applies prospectively only, finding that the amendment applies retroactively to the cases pending at the time it was enacted because it “impacts only the statutory damages available to plaintiffs.”...