( October 1, 2024, 8:55 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Following receipt of a businessowners insurer’s notice of voluntary dismissal, a federal judge in Illinois dismissed the insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that it owes no coverage for two underlying putative class action lawsuits alleging that its insured and two franchise restaurants violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) when they used the insured’s voice artificial intelligence technology to handle phone orders from customers....