Discovery Stayed In Uber Drivers’ Biometric Privacy Suit Against Microsoft

Mealey's (March 22, 2023, 11:34 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge granted a motion by Microsoft Corp. to stay discovery proceedings until the resolution of its motion to compel arbitration in a putative class action under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) brought by former drivers with Uber Technologies Inc. related to a facial recognition app, with the judge finding that there would be little harm to the drivers and predicting that the arbitration motion would be resolved quickly....