Cops Claiming DPPA Violations Over Newspaper's Postings Denied Bid For Damages

Mealey's (August 21, 2020, 9:53 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Although an Illinois federal judge previously found that the Chicago Sun-Times was partly liable under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) for the online publication of certain personal information of five Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers, the judge on Aug. 14 found that the officers had not established that they were entitled to punitive or liquidated damages under the statute, denying their motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) (Scott Dahlstrom, et al. v. Sun-Times Media LLC, No. 1:12-cv-00658, N,D, Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147498)....