Mealey's (August 24, 2016, 10:06 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — In an Aug. 22 motion to compel arbitration filed in California federal court, Snapchat Inc. says that the lead plaintiffs in a putative class action brought under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) are bound to arbitrate their dispute with the social network provider, per a provision in Snapchat’s terms of use (TOU) (Jose Luis Martinez, et al. v. Snapchat Inc., No. 2:16-CV-05182, C.D. Calif.).

(Motion to compel arbitration available. Document #97-160825-028M.)

Concurrent with its motion to compel, Snapchat filed a brief opposing...