Mealey's (November 14, 2016, 12:33 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. on Nov. 11 filed an amended answer in a putative class action brought against it under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), with the social network operator raising a new affirmative defense that the Illinois statute violates the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution as applied by the plaintiffs (In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation, No. 3:15-cv-03747, N.D. Calif.)....