23andMe Holding Co.
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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.
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April 17, 2025
Data Breach, Market Challenges Led 23andMe To Ch. 11
Facing macroeconomic headwinds, including rising inflation and expenses associated with a major data breach in October 2023, genetic testing company 23andMe launched a Chapter 11 case last month in Missouri bankruptcy court, disclosing $214 million in debt and its intention to sell the business.聽
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April 14, 2025
Debt Deals On The Rise, Purdue Can Begin Claims Processing
A Texas district court, not a bankruptcy court, will oversee the U.S. trustee's efforts to claw back millions in legal fees paid to Jackson Walker over an undisclosed relationship between an attorney and bankruptcy judge; out-of-court debt deals eclipsed Chapter 11s by a 4-to-1 ratio last year; and drug manufacturer Purdue Pharma can begin processing claims ahead of a Chapter 11 confirmation hearing. This is the week in bankruptcy.
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April 11, 2025
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed
The Texas Attorney General asked for a consumer privacy ombudsman in 23andMe's Ch. 11 case; The Chapter 11 trustee handling Chinese exile Miles Guo's estate balked at an appeal against a decision advancing dozens of clawback proceedings; and a Delaware bankruptcy judge dismissed the Chapter 7 case of electronics recycler Camston Wrather at the request of the estate trustee.
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April 09, 2025
23andMe Asks For Independent Customer Data Rep In Ch. 11
Genetic testing company 23andMe asked a Missouri bankruptcy judge to let it appoint an independent customer data representative as it looks to sell genetic data of 15 million users at a Chapter 11 auction.
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March 31, 2025
FTC Chair Flags Data Risks In 23andMe Bankruptcy
The Federal Trade Commission has added to the swell of privacy and security concerns surrounding the potential sale of sensitive consumer information swept up in the 23andMe bankruptcy, with the agency's Republican chair on Monday stressing the importance of data continuing to be protected in the way that users have been promised.聽
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March 27, 2025
Meet The Attys Helping 23AndMe Through Ch. 11
DNA testing company 23andMe Holding Co. enlisted a group of attorneys from Carmody MacDonald PC and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP to help it address $214 million in debt as it tries to sell its business through Chapter 11.
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March 26, 2025
23andMe Says Ch. 11 Privacy Ombudsman Not Required
DNA testing company聽23andMe Inc.'s customer data will be protected in Chapter 11, its attorneys told a Missouri bankruptcy judge Wednesday as it argued that the appointment of a consumer privacy ombudsman is not required.
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March 25, 2025
Catching Up With New Bankruptcy Case Action
23andMe Holding Co. entered Chapter 11 to sell its business and address $214 million in debt; Danimer Scientific Inc., which makes plastics alternatives, entered Chapter 11 to wind down while it tends to its roughly $450 million debt burden; and sneaker shop Soleply began a streamlined bankruptcy for small businesses in an effort to exit some lease obligations and restructure its debt.
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March 24, 2025
DNA Testing Firm 23AndMe Files Ch. 11 With Plans To Sell
DNA testing company 23andMe Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Missouri bankruptcy court, listing $214 million of debt and saying it plans to sell its business through the bankruptcy process.