Texas' Meta Lawsuit Could Provide State AGs With Biometric Lawsuit Blueprint
Attorneys say private and government lawyers are closely watching the Texas-Meta legal battle to see if biometric collection violation lawsuits could have teeth without a biometric law on the books.
February 23, 2022 at 12:00 PM
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PrivacyThe original version of this story was published on Legal Tech News
In 2021, plaintiffs attorneys showed it pays to bring biometric law violation suits when Meta agreed to a $650 million class action settlement. Now, the Texas Attorney General's Office could pave the way for securing a multimillion-dollar reward for biometric violations even in states without a biometric law on the books.
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