23andMe Holding Co.
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June 30, 2025
Judge OKs 23AndMe's $305M Genetic Data Asset Sale
A Missouri bankruptcy judge has given genetic testing company 23andMe Holding Co. approval to sell all its assets to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki for $305 million, after two full days of testimony and argument about the proposed sale.
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June 23, 2025
23andMe Sale Nears Ruling, Tariff Policies Drive Bankruptcy
A Missouri bankruptcy judge said he will soon rule on the proposed $305 million sale of 23andMe to a nonprofit led by its co-founder. Meanwhile, shifting tariff policies under President Donald Trump have been blamed for recent bankruptcies, and experts at a conference in New York discussed the future of Chapter 11 and how a second Trump term could shape bankruptcy law.
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June 20, 2025
23andMe Judge Aims For Quick Decision On Sale To Founder
After a second all-day hearing, a Missouri bankruptcy judge said he would decide as quickly as he can on the proposed $305 million sale of genetic testing company 23andMe to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.
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June 18, 2025
23andMe Seeks To Ease Concerns Over Sale To Founder
Several states indicated Wednesday they may no longer oppose the $305 million sale of 23andMe to a nonprofit led by Anne聽Wojcicki, a co-founder of the company, after the debtor structured the transaction as an equity transfer.
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June 16, 2025
23andMe Names New Buyer, Pa. Retirees Sue Over Ch. 9 Sale
Retired employees of a Philadelphia suburb filed a lawsuit to open the sale of municipal water systems to private operators in Chester, Pennsylvania's Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy. 23andMe said it selected a nonprofit created by its co-founder to buy the consumer genetic testing company's assets, replacing a pharmaceutical developer that won a Chapter 11 auction. And Jackson Walker, one of its former attorneys and a former bankruptcy judge are facing a proposed class action, the latest fallout from a 2023 ethics scandal in Texas.
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June 13, 2025
23andMe Founder's $305M Bid Buys Back Co. In Ch. 11 Sale
With a winning bid of $305 million, a nonprofit controlled by 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki beat out Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to purchase the bankrupt company's assets, 23andMe announced Friday.
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June 12, 2025
23andMe Ombudsman Not Confident Sale Is Lawful
The privacy expert probing 23andMe's proposed sale of customers' genetic data in bankruptcy told a Missouri federal judge Wednesday that he couldn't determine the deal wouldn't violate state privacy laws and recommended the company be required to obtain consent from its customers before handing over the data.
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June 11, 2025
IP, Health Law Scholars Object To 23andMe Ch. 11 Data Sale
A number of university scholars urged a Missouri bankruptcy judge to require that DNA testing company 23andMe聽Holding Co.'s asset sale be contingent on the final buyer maintaining policies that benefit biomedical researchers.
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June 10, 2025
States Sue To Block 23andMe From Selling DNA Data In Ch. 11
A bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general has sued 23andMe Inc. in Missouri bankruptcy court seeking to block the genetic-testing company from auctioning off its 15 million customers' personal genetic information without their explicit consent in its ongoing Chapter 11 proceeding.
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June 09, 2025
23andMe Reopens Bidding, Jackson Walker Mediates Fee Suit
The winner of 23andMe's Chapter 11 auction will compete with its co-founder in another round of bidding. Jackson Walker and the U.S. Trustee's Office agreed to mediate a fee dispute tied to an ethics scandal. And the U.S. Supreme Court asked the solicitor general to weigh in on Hertz's challenge of a ruling that it owed $272 million in interest and fees following its Chapter 11.