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Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Stolen fingerprints

CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois granted a class representative’s motion to add a new plaintiff to her privacy class action against El Milagro, a tortilla manufacturer they argue illegally recorded and stored workers’ fingerprints when they clocked in and out.

Read the ruling here.

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