Federal Judge Closes BIPA Violation Coverage Suit After Parties Seek Dismissal

( June 19, 2026, 3:12 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Three days after the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal, a federal judge in Illinois dismissed an employer’s lawsuit seeking commercial general liability and umbrella insurance coverage for an underlying putative class action alleging that it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by disseminating electronic information derived from the scanning of its employees’ biometric identifiers to third parties without their consent....