Hon. Morton Denlow (Ret.) joined JAMS following 16 1/2 years of distinguished service as a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. During his time on the bench, Judge Denlow presided over thousands of matters in both the pretrial and trial stages. He conducted over 2,000 settlement conferences as a judge and over 650 mediations since joining JAMS in 2012.
A nationally recognized expert in settling cases, Judge Denlow has continued to prove invaluable to parties involved in intractable disputes at JAMS. His breadth of experience as an advocate, a settlement-focused judge and successful mediator makes him an ideal choice to mediate the complex case.
Since joining JAMS in October 2012, Judge Denlow has settled complex Cybersecurity & Privacy disputes in a variety of contexts:
Representative Matters
- Federal Privacy Claims
- $4,400,000 settlement of class action alleging a mailing sent to plaintiffs disclosed HIV code in USDC SD Ohio
- $3,700,000 settlement of suit that defendant's sensual device improperly collects personal information without consent in USDC ND ILL
- $500,000 settlement of suit brought under the United States Stored Communications alleging hacking of private emails in USDC ND ILL
- Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA)
- $5,559,750 settlement arising out of finger scanning timekeeping system in food industry
- $858,000 settlement arising out of finger scanning timekeeping system at hospital
- $1,300,000 settlement arising out of finger scanning timekeeping system in liquor store chain
- $500,000 settlement arising out of finger scanning timekeeping system in hotel
- $1,650,000 settlement arising out of finger scanning timekeeping system used in fitness industry
- $800,000 settlement arising out of finger scanning time keeping system in hospitality industry