2nd Circuit Finds Video Game Players Lack Standing In Biometrics Suit

Mealey's (November 27, 2017, 3:45 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Mostly affirming a trial court’s dismissal ruling, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 21 held that the lead plaintiffs in a class action alleging violation of an Illinois biometrics statute failed to establish any concrete harm from a software firm’s use of their facial scans in basketball video games, thus defeating their standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution (Ricardo Vigil, et al. v. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., No. 17-303, 2nd Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 23446)....