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White Castle operates 377 locations in 13 states, and has annual revenue of perhaps $750 million.  But it is potentially being sued for billions of dollars because of its ostensibly harmless use of biometric scanners for employees to enhance security.  [[Dem]]s control the Illinois legislature and more businesses and residents have fled [[Illinois]] in the last few years than nearly any other state.

White Castle operates 377 locations in 13 states, and has annual revenue of perhaps $750 million.  But it is potentially being sued for billions of dollars because of its ostensibly harmless use of biometric scanners for employees to enhance security.  [[Dem]]s control the Illinois legislature and more businesses and residents have fled [[Illinois]] in the last few years than nearly any other state.

White Castle appealed to the [[Illinois Supreme Court]], which ruled by a 4-3 vote entirely in favor of a pro-trial attorneys' absurd, business-looting interpretation of biometric statute there in early 2023.<ref>https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/e304b011-82d9-4832-9cae-d8205749a2ec/Cothron%20v.%20White%20Castle%20System,%20Inc.,%202023%20IL%20128004.pdf</ref>  "Illinois Supreme Court allows massive damages in biometric privacy cases but says lawmakers should weigh in."<ref>https://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-illinois-supreme-court-massive-biometric.html</ref>

White Castle appealed to the [[Illinois Supreme Court]], which ruled by a 4–3 vote entirely in favor of a pro-trial attorneys' absurd, business-looting interpretation of biometric statute there in early 2023.<ref>https://ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resources/resources/e304b011-82d9-4832-9cae-d8205749a2ec/Cothron%20v.%20White%20Castle%20System,%20Inc.,%202023%20IL%20128004.pdf</ref>  "Illinois Supreme Court allows massive damages in biometric privacy cases but says lawmakers should weigh in."<ref>https://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-illinois-supreme-court-massive-biometric.html</ref>

In April 2023, Reuters explained that "Illinois court decisions acknowledge biometric privacy act's damages a potential business killer."<ref>https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/illinois-court-decisions-acknowledge-biometric-privacy-acts-damages-potential-2023-04-17/</ref>

In April 2023, Reuters explained that "Illinois court decisions acknowledge biometric privacy act's damages a potential business killer."<ref>https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/illinois-court-decisions-acknowledge-biometric-privacy-acts-damages-potential-2023-04-17/</ref>

== Inept certification of question to Illinois Supreme Court ==

== Inept certification of question to Illinois Supreme Court ==

Despite how the [[Illinois Supreme Court]] is well-known to be pro-trial attorneys, and anti-business, an all [[Republican]]-nominated panel of the [[Seventh Circuit]] certified the following question to the Illinois Supreme Court, thereby inviting it to open up the floodgates of absurd liability by many businesses for phony violations of biometric privacy:

Despite how the [[Illinois Supreme Court]] is well known to be pro-trial attorneys, and anti-business, an all [[Republican]]-nominated panel of the [[Seventh Circuit]] certified the following question to the Illinois Supreme Court, thereby inviting it to open up the floodgates of absurd liability by many businesses for phony violations of biometric privacy:

{{cquote|Accordingly, the relevant criteria favor certification. We therefore respectfully ask the Illinois Supreme Court, in its discretion, to answer the following certified question:

{{cquote|Accordingly, the relevant criteria favor certification. We therefore respectfully ask the Illinois Supreme Court, in its discretion, to answer the following certified question:

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