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Articles By David Oberly

David J. Oberly is an attorney in the Cincinnati office of Squire Patton Boggs LLP and is a member of the firm’s global Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Digital Assets Practice. David serves as the go-to legal advisor for companies that utilize biometrics in their operations—counseling clients on the full range of legal and regulatory compliance obligations applicable today and helping companies navigate the ever-evolving biometric privacy legal landscape to ensure compliance and mitigate risk. David also has extensive experience and expertise in defending companies across all industries in high-stakes, high-exposure biometric privacy class action litigation—and BIPA class actions in particular. In addition, David also advises companies on a broad range of other privacy, security, and data protection issues that arise while operating in today’s highly-digital world. He can be reached at david.oberly@squirepb.com.

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney On February 17, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court definitively resolved…

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Lessons learned from recent BIPA third-party vendor decision

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney On the heels of the Illinois Supreme Court’s opinion in…

 

Takeaways from Illinois Supreme Court decision on BIPA’s applicable statute of limitations

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For years, litigants involved in Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act…

 

Biometric privacy 2022 year-in-review

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney 2022 was another banner year for biometric privacy, with a…

 

BIPA choice-of-law dismissal provides key lessons

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney Utilizing a successful choice-of-law challenge, ProctorU, Inc. was recently able…

 

Financial institution exemption dooms student’s BIPA class action suit

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For almost four years now, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy…

 

Beyond BIPA: Mitigating biometric data legal risks under Texas and Washington biometrics laws

By David J. Oberly and Nicole D. Brenner* Maybe your company is considering using retina scans for employee building access….

 

Compliance tips in advance of Cothron Illinois Supreme Court BIPA claim accrual ruling

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney Illinois Supreme Court’s much-anticipated opinion in Cothron v. White Castle…

 

Practical guidance for minimizing FTC liability exposure when using facial biometrics

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney Still today, no regulation governing the use of facial recognition…

 

BIPA Section 15(c) claims: What does it mean to profit from biometric data?

By David J. Oberly, attorney at Blank Rome, LLP. One of the more recent trends in Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act…

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