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Although the bankruptcy sale process has now concluded, the issues raised in the 23andMe saga will continue to play out on the legislative front.

Our Litigators of the Week ushered through the $305 million bankruptcy sale of genetic testing company 23andMe to a newly formed nonprofit led by the company’s co-founder, Anne Wojcicki.

Following the sale of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe, the Utah Attorney General’s Office is issuing a ...

24 states sue the Trump administration for allegedly withholding $6.8B in federal education funding, calling the freeze unconstitutional and unlawful.

States allege the Trump administration illegally ended FEMA's BRIC program, halting billions in disaster mitigation funding and putting storm-prone communities at risk.

A coalition of 16 states and Washington, D.C., argue the Trump administration is trying to ban gender-affirming care for minors without going through Congress.

A group of 20 states filed a Monday lawsuit against the Trump administration to prevent the government from collecting personal data from food stamp recipients.

While 23andMe assured customers that it would not change how it stores, manages, or protects their data, the sudden sale raised privacy concerns over the genetic samples shared with the company.

Twenty U.S. states and Washington, D.C., have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, challenging a sweeping federal mandate to turn over sensitive personal data of food ...

Twenty-one states are suing the Trump administration over new health care regulations that could lead to a significant loss of coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

A coalition of states is suing the federal government to prevent it from gathering personal data on tens of millions of people who receive food assistance.