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Employers Face New Area of Potential Liability in Genetic Information Privacy Claims

Employers are facing new potential legal risks under the federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) and the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) over inquiries in routine employment physicals...more

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Seventh Circuit Says All-Stock Acquisition — Without More — Does Not Trigger Liability Under Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy...

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On May 1, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action alleging violations of the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) against the asset management firm...more

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The Analysis of Cell Free DNA in Urine for Cancer Diagnosis – A Prospective Alternative to Liquid Biopsy?

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A promising new technology may make the diagnosis of cancer and genetic mutation testing as easy as performing a urinalysis as part of an annual physical exam.  Cancer could be detected at its earliest stages, when treatment...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #176 – Sharing Your Genetic Information With Private Companies

I had very interesting conversations with both of my classes in the last week over the sharing of genetic information in the context of learning about the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA)....more

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How State and Federal Laws Are Addressing the Use of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing by Insurance

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While life insurers traditionally have set premiums based on a multitude of complex actuarial tables, the recent boom in direct-to-consumer DNA testing produces, such as 23andMe and AncestryDNA, is expanding the universe of...more

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The Uncertain Legal Intersection of Genetic Tests and Life Insurance

The growth of direct-to-consumer DNA kits is a big deal with significant ramifications for the life insurance industry. Direct-to-consumer DNA kits, commonly used to track ancestry roots, increasingly allow individuals to...more

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Checking In On GINA: Revisiting the EEOC’s Rules on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

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On May 16, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued regulations governing the treatment of wellness programs under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”), as well as under the...more

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Privacy Tip #38 – Genetic Privacy and the Use of Genomic Information

Genetic information is basically one’s DNA sequence, which includes health information and genetic information about the individual and their family. It is at the core of one’s individual privacy, as well as providing...more

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Employee Wellness Technology: Cool and Risky

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It should come as no surprise that one of us here at the Navigator has an Apple Watch. (Hint: It’s Kate.) Although everything about the watch pleases its owner, she is a particular fan of the Activity App that tracks calorie...more

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Jury Hits Employer With $2.2 Million Verdict For GINA Violations in Workplace Defecator Case

In a previous post we discussed the Northern District of Georgia’s decision in Lowe v. Atlas Logistics Group Retail Services, LLC, (N.D.Ga. May 5, 2015), holding that an employer violated the Genetic Information...more

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Employer’s Use of DNA Test to Catch Employee Engaging in Inappropriate Workplace Behavior Violates Federal Law, Says U.S. District...

If someone continually, yet anonymously, defecated on the floor of your workplace, you’d probably want to use any and all legal means at your disposal to identify and discipline the perpetrator. Your methods might include...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Genes and Information: The Problem of Disease-specific Databases

One of the many untruthful positions taken by the ACLU in the AMP v. Myriad Genetics case was that DNA is merely information, like a computer program, and as such Myriad's patent claims were invalid as reciting...more

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Rise of the Genome

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We pack tons of personal and sensitive information in our DNA. While the human genome has been mapped for a decade, legal issues of genetic privacy are just beginning to rise. Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court...more

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