23andMe Holding Co.
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May 22, 2025
Senators Unveil DNA Privacy Bill Amid 23andMe's Ch. 11 Sale
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced a bill designed to safeguard customers' genetic information in bankruptcy cases, saying 23andMe's plan to sell users' DNA data to a pharmaceutical company during its Chapter 11 raises new concerns surrounding consumer privacy.
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May 12, 2025
Rite Aid Back In Ch. 11, Tupperware Gets OK To Liquidate
Drugstore chain Rite Aid reentered bankruptcy less than a year after its earlier reorganization plan was approved, and received a bankruptcy court's permission to conduct asset sales. Food storage container maker Tupperware Brands Corp. received court approval for its Chapter 11 liquidation plan. And a Washington University law professor was named the consumer privacy ombudsman in 23andMe's Chapter 11 case.
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May 12, 2025
23andMe DNA Data Sale In Ch. 11 Tests Ombudsmen's Reach
23andMe's high-stakes plan to sell customers' genetic data in bankruptcy is poised to test the limits of court-appointed consumer privacy advocates in Chapter 11 and the 20-year-old law that created them, as concerns mount over how the potentially novel deal will affect highly sensitive personal information.
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May 06, 2025
23andMe Gets WashU Law Prof For Privacy Ombudsman
The Office of the U.S. Trustee said Tuesday it had appointed Washington University School of Law Professor Neil M. Richards as consumer privacy ombudsman in 23andMe's Chapter 11 case to vet a sale process for the genetics testing company that's slated to include millions of users' DNA information.
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May 05, 2025
23andMe Gets Privacy Watchdog, Yellow Investors Push Ch. 7
A Missouri bankruptcy judge signed off on a consumer privacy watchdog for 23andMe's Chapter 11. A group of shareholders and unsecured creditors that previously supported Yellow Corp. attempting a Chapter 11 plan have shifted gears and asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to convert the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation. Chicken restaurant Sticky's won a Delaware bankruptcy judge's tentative permission to sell its assets to an investment fund for $2 million.
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May 02, 2025
23andMe Says 1.3M Customers Have Asked To Delete Data
23andMe executives told a meeting of creditors聽Friday that more than 1.3 million customers have asked the聽DNA testing company to cancel their accounts and delete their genetic information since it entered Chapter 11.
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April 29, 2025
23andMe Agrees To Privacy Ombudsman In Ch. 11
A Missouri bankruptcy judge on Tuesday signed off on a consumer privacy watchdog for 23andMe's Chapter 11 after the genetic testing group and 30 states agreed that a statutorily authorized ombudsman would be the best way to vet a Chapter 11 sale that includes 15 million users' DNA information.
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April 28, 2025
Imerys Ch. 11 Trial Abruptly Paused, Celsius Seeks Sanctions
Talc producer Imerys is nearing Chapter 11 plan confirmation after a trial commenced; a plan administrator for Celsius moved to impose sanctions in another crypto firm鈥檚 bankruptcy; and Prospect Medical secured court approval to close two facilities.
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April 22, 2025
23andMe Has Received 'Significant Interest' In Ch. 11 Auction
Genetic testing company聽23andMe has received significant interest in the Chapter 11 auction for its assets, its counsel told a Missouri bankruptcy judge Tuesday at a hearing where it received final approval of a $35 million financing package to fund its bankruptcy case.
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April 18, 2025
23andMe Ch. 11 Sale Sparks DNA Privacy Oversight Battle
The bankrupt ancestry testing company 23andMe, more than two dozen state attorneys general, and the federal government agree on one thing: Privacy concerns over the sale of individual genetic profiles for the company's 15 million customers should be a top priority.