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Genetic Testing
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #314 – Got a Genetic Testing Kit for Christmas? Read This Before You Send In That Swab
I have written about genetic testing kits before, but this subject matter is worth repeating. I find that people don’t always understand the consequences of sending a swab to a…
Rivkin Rounds
California Laboratory Settles FCA Claims Related to Genetic Testing
Exceltox Laboratories, LLC, a California diagnostic laboratory, is paying a $357,584 settlement to resolve allegations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations. Exceltox allegedly submitted or caused to be submitted claims for genetic…
Stratus Financial Partners Blog
Stratus Financial: What’s Trending in Life Insurance
This edition of “What’s Trending in Life Insurance” is headlined with a story on genetic test results, and asks the question, “Can life insurance companies can access them?” Can Life…
Data Privacy Dish
Rising Star: Greenberg Traurig’s Kate Black
Kate Black of Greenberg Traurig LLP led the development of genetic testing company 23andMe's law enforcement protocol and program and continues to advise companies with innovative technologies about how to…
Employment Law Worldview
Sixth Circuit Reverses Ohio Federal Court: Genetic Mutation Affecting Normal Cell Growth May Qualify as a Disability under the ADA (US)
In a previous blog, we discussed Darby v. Childvine, a decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in which the court considered whether an…
Bill Madden's Blog
Whether order should be made for genetic testing + use of epidemiological evidence.
By Bill Madden
Pederson v Northern NSW Local Health District [2020] NSWSC 741 (available on Caselaw) saw an application by the defendant for an order under r 23.4 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005…
Domnick Cunningham & Whalen Blog
Genetic Misdiagnosis Results in Significant Injuries to Family
By Ian Jack
After the Mathes family heard about a genetic test that could check for increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer, several of them underwent the evaluation offered by Myriad Genetics,…
Drug & Device Law
More on Genetic Testing Orders
By Bexis
We’ve discussed before how we expect genetic testing of plaintiffs to become routine in prescription medical product liability litigation. The cost of such testing is constantly plummeting, even more steeply…
Privacy Zone
The Costs of Giving Away Your DNA
Last week, 23andMe, the direct-to-consumer genetic testing service, announced its strategic license agreement with Almirall, a leading global pharmaceutical company, for the rights to a bispecific monoclonal antibody designed to…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #210 – HHS Office of Inspector General Issues Fraud Alert for Genetic Testing Scam Targeting Seniors
Everyone knows how I feel about those home genetic testing kits—most people don’t understand that when they send their DNA to a private company that it is not protected by…