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 Blackstone Inc. over its all-stock acquisition of the genealogy company Ancestry.com. In a case of first impression, the Seventh …
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Court Says an All-Stock Acquisition — Without More — Does Not Trigger Liability Under Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act
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 Blackstone Inc. over its all-stock acquisition of the genealogy company Ancestry.com. In a case of first impression, the Seventh …
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Here is a list of all of this week’s articles, all of them available here at https://eogn.com: (+) Build Your Own Cloud at Home Most French Canadians are Descended from 800 Women Known as the Filles du Roi Why You Might Want to Attend a Virtual Conference DNA Microcapsules Deliver Retrievable Data Storage Book Review: If …