Case Information

• Marinopoulos v. Cicero & 147th, LLC

• Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County Department, Chancery Division

• Case No. 2022CH12527

• (877) 645-1933

IF YOU SCANNED YOUR FINGER IN CICERO & 147TH LLC’S TIMEKEEPING SYSTEM IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN DECEMBER 16, 2016 TO AUGUST 30, 2023 WITHOUT FIRST EXECUTING A WRITTEN CONSENT, YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A PAYMENT FROM A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT.

• The Court authorized notice of a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit entitled Marinopoulos v. Cicero & 147th, LLC, Case Number 2022CH12527, that is pending in Cook County, Illinois (“Lawsuit”). The settlement would resolve the Lawsuit brought on behalf of the Settlement Class. You are receiving this notice because you have been identified through Defendant’s records as a Settlement Class Member.

• The named plaintiff, Frank Marinopoulos (“Plaintiff”), filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Cicero & 147th, LLC (“Defendant”) collected its employees’ fingerprints without making the disclosures and receiving the written consent required by the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1, et seq. (“BIPA”). Defendant denied and continues to deny Plaintiff’s allegations. Notwithstanding their disagreements, the parties have proposed a settlement that, if approved by the Court, will resolve the Settlement Class’ claims relating to the collection of biometric information.

• The information in this website is to advise you of the terms of the proposed Settlement, and your rights in connection with it. This website contains only a summary of the Settlement Agreement. Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act. Read the Notice of Class Action Settlement carefully.

• The proposed settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by Defendants, and Defendants deny that it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act or any other law. The Court has not decided who is right or wrong. Rather, to save the time, expense, and distraction of litigation, the parties have agreed to settle the lawsuit.