When 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2025, regulators and consumers alike scrambled to ask the same question: who, exactly, owns the genetic data of fifteen
million customers, and what legal regime governs its sale to a third party? But before that question can be answered, a prior one must be: what is genetic data, legally? [...]
Delighted to announce our Mattone Center Student Fellows for 2026-2027: Vincent D’Avanzo ’27, Marc Derrickson ’28, Anastasia Kaliabakos ’27, and Isabel Lane ’27.
Fellows help produce the Forum and the Legal Spirits podcast series and assist generally with Center activities. [...]