7th Circuit:  Sales Of Subscriber Lists Didn’t Violate Illinois Publicity Law

Mealey's (November 29, 2022, 1:09 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A media conglomerate’s sale of lists containing personal information about subscribers doesn’t violate the Illinois Right of Publicity Act (IRPA) as the subscribers’ identities are used “to effectuate the sale of the mailing lists,” a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, affirming a trial court’s dismissal of the putative class complaint by one subscriber....