Law360 Checks in With Melanie Chico Following the First BIPA Verdict

Melanie Chico, co-leader of Dykema's Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) practice team, was quoted in the Law360 article, "3 Takeaways From The First BIPA Verdict." In the article, Chico noted that if the Illinois Supreme Court rules that plaintiffs can pursue damages for every time a fingerprint is scanned—and not just once per class member—the already high damages in a case such as the one covered in the article could increase exponentially.