Samantha Hawkins reports: State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company may have to defend a Chicago grocery store chain in a state biometric privacy case over its requirement that employees use fingerprints to clock-in, an Illinois federal judge ruled. The court denied the insurer’s motion for summary judgment on the defense duty question. In the proposed class…
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ACLJ Warns Proposed Maryland Senate Bill ‘Could Legalize Infanticide Up to 28 Days After Birth’
Steve Warren reports that with the intention of protecting abortion rights and reproductive liberty, a Maryland bill may have gone too far in its language and basically legalized infanticide. I doubt that’s what the legislators intended with Senate Bill 669, or the “Pregnant Person’s Freedom Act of 2022.” Warren reports: Pro-life advocates warn that under this…
Utah Legislature Passes Comprehensive Privacy Bill
Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter, Alexandra Scott, Jayne Ponder, and Frank Broomell of Covington and Burling write: Utah appears poised to be the next state with a comprehensive privacy law on its books, following California, Virginia, and Colorado. On March 2nd, the Utah House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve an amended version of the legislative proposal, and the…
State Agency Conducted ‘Mask Raids,’ Interviewed Preschoolers Alone
Will Huntsberry reports: Stephanie and Richard Rosado recently told their 4-year-old son about the importance of not talking to strangers. Only days later, state regulators came to the child’s preschool, isolated him in a room away from his teachers and friends and asked him questions about masking. His parents, and many others at the preschool,…