With Pending Settlement In Clearview Biometrics MDL, Discovery Motions Denied

( September 26, 2023, 8:39 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — In the wake of a tentative settlement announcement by the parties in a multidistrict litigation alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by artificial intelligence firm Clearview AI Inc. , the magistrate judge overseeing discovery denied as moot motions for sanctions and a protective order and returned the case to the assigned presiding judge in Illinois federal court. . . .