Case Results

$55 million in settlements against the pharmaceutical/plasma industry.
On behalf of Illinois residents, we reached over $55 million in class action settlements against many of the largest companies in the plasma collection industry. Some of these companies are affiliated with foreign publicly traded pharmaceutical companies and utilize Illinois to purchase plasma from local residents. In these cases, we represented hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents who alleged their privacy rights were compromised. The settlements include
- Grifols/Biomat ($16.75 million) Plasma Centers to Pay $16.75 Million to Settle Biometric Claims (bloomberglaw.com) Judge won't toss class action vs Grifols Biomat blood plasma collectors over donor fingerprint scans | Cook County Record,
- CSL Plasma ($9.9 million) CSL Plasma biometric data $9.9M class action lawsuit settlement - Top Class Actions;
- Biolife Plasma ($5.85 million) BioLife to pay almost $6M to settle class action over plasma donor fingerprint scans | Cook County Record,
- Octapharma Plasma ($9.9 million) Judge OKs $10M Octapharma fingerprint class action deal; $800+ per class member, $3.3M for lawyers | Cook County Record;
- Haemonetics ($8.7 million) Haemonetics BIPA $8.73M class action settlement - Top Class Actions
- KEDPlasma ($4.45 million) Home - KEDPlasma BIPA Settlement (kedbipasettlement.com)
$26 million in settlements against Wendy’s and its franchisees for Illinois workers
We reached three separate class action settlements against Wendy’s International, LLC and its franchisees under the Biometric Information Privacy Act. With the franchisor, in Cook County, we reached an $18.2 million class action settlement against Wendy’s International, LLC for thousands of its Illinois workers. To read more about the settlement, click here: Wendy's settles class-action lawsuit over biometric finger data (fastcompany.com) and Home - Owens, et al. v. Wendys International, LLC (wenbipasettlement.com) We also reached a $5.85 million settlement against one of its franchisees, All Star Management in Will County (Joliet) and a $1.9 million settlement with another of its franchisees (Wenzak Heartland). Here are more stories: Wendy's Employees, Franchise Owner Agree to $5.85M Settlement Over Finger Scans - Top Class Actions Wenzak Heartland biometric privacy $1.9M class action settlement - Top Class Actions
$17,000,000 settlement for minority shareholder
Owner of Chicago company received $17 million buyout after we helped initiate litigation in response to him being forced out of the company he founded and where we sought injunctive relief in Circuit Cook of County, Illinois.
$10 million Settlement For Illinois residents
In 2021, we reached a $10 million settlement for Illinois plasma donors who asserted their privacy rights were violated under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. To read more about the case, click here Blood plasma biz Octapharma agrees to pay $10M to end class action over plasma donor fingerprint scans | Cook County Record and Ill. Plasma Center Reaches $9.9M Deal To End BIPA Suit - Law360
$4.25 Million Settlement for Drivers
Along with co-counsel, we reached a $4.25 million class action settlement for drivers. For details on the settlement, here are articles:
Lytx to Pay $4.25 Million to Settle Truckers' Biometric Lawsuit
Drivers settle class action with Lytx over in-cab surveillance, data gathering - FreightWaves
Chicago-Area Blue Collar Workers Awarded Settlement of $550,000.
On behalf of 51 local plumbers and laborers we settled class and collective claims for alleged overtime violations and alleged fraudulent reporting earnings to the IRS. The IRS Code creates a private right of action “if any person willfully files a fraudulent information return with respect to payments purported to be made to any other person” and awards at least $5,000. This settlement awards class members gross settlements of over $10,500, on average.
$9.9 Million Class Action Settlement Approved
Our $9.9 class action settlement for Illinois residents received final approval in Chicago federal court.

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$9.25 Million Race Discrimination Settlement For Fired Chicago Educators
On behalf of members of the Chicago Teachers Union, we reached a $9.25 million settlement for our teacher and educator clients in a nearly decade long-hard fought race discrimination case. Our team, along with the University of Chicago Law School Edwin F. Mandel Legal Clinic, reached this historic result for black CTU teachers, PSRPs, and staff displaced by the 2012-2014 turnarounds in the City of Chicago. To read more, click here: Board Approves $9M Settlement for Fired Black CPS Teachers, Staff | Chicago News | WTTW or Fired Black educators reach $9.25M settlement with CPS - Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com) To review case documents click here. Workplace Law Partners | CTU (fishlawfirm.com)
To read more, visit: Judge OKs $9.25M settlement between Chicago schools, union - The Washington Post
$7.75 million overtime settlement for thousands of meat plant workers
We represented tens of thousands of meat plant workers and helped them recover $7.75 million in an overtime settlement. They alleged that their COVID-19 pay was not factored into their regular rate for overtime purposes under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Illinois overtime laws. (Chicago, Illinois) Read more:
Employees Seek Judicial Approval of $7.75M Settlement in Pork Production Workers’ Overtime Pay Suit | Law Street Media

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