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In re Clearview AI Consumer Privacy Litigation

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Case Information
Case name In re Clearview AI, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation[1]
Court N.D. Ill.; Seventh Circuit[1]
Docket 1:21-cv-00135; appeal 25-1673[1]
Filed Not identified in the sources reviewed.
Judge(s) Sharon Johnson Coleman (district court); David F. Hamilton, Nancy L. Maldonado and Rebecca Taibleson (appeal)[1]
Plaintiffs Rodell Sanders and other class plaintiffs; Robert Weissman and Rick Claypool appealed as objectors[1]
Defendants Clearview AI, Inc. and related defendants[1]
Case type Civil privacy proceeding[1]
Claims / issues Biometric-privacy claims and adequacy of class-settlement representation[1]
Status July 13, 2026: Seventh Circuit vacated settlement approval and remanded. Later remand proceedings have not been verified.[1]

In re Clearview AI, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation is consolidated biometric-privacy litigation concerning Clearview’s facial-recognition database.[1]

Claims and procedural history

The proposed settlement offered class members relief linked to an equity interest in Clearview, with different allocations for state subclasses and the nationwide class.[1]

The Seventh Circuit vacated approval because the nationwide class lacked separate representation in allocating relief. It found no inherent substantive defect in equity-based relief or the absence of injunctive relief, and ordered a general remand.[1]

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