Transfer Granted In Class Suit Over Franchisee’s Fingerprint Scan Requirements

(January 30, 2020, 12:54 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois judge on Jan. 29 agreed to transfer a putative class complaint over a franchisee’s alleged use and retention of employees’ fingerprint scans, but transferred the case to the Central District of Illinois, not a federal court in Indiana as the franchisee had requested (Tiffanie Snider, et al. v. Heartland Beef, Inc., No. 19-7386, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14502)....