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Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Can GIPA be the new BIPA?

There’s a new wave of class action lawsuits hitting Illinois employers, based on a law that has been under the radar for more than 25 years: The Genetic Information Privacy Act, also known as GIPA. Passed in 1998, GIPA...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Factor One Source Pharmacy to Pay $515,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Genetic Information Discrimination Suit

Federal Agency Charged Pharmacy Pressured Employees and Applicants to Fill Expensive Hemophilia Prescriptions with the Company - DENVER – Factor One Source Pharmacy, LLC, a pharmacy providing specialized pharmacy services to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #364 – Montana Enacts Genetic Information Privacy Law

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed SB 351, the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GINA), which “requires an entity to provide consumer information regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of genetic data; providing...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2019

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Team (US-CERT) recently issued an advisory outlining three vulnerabilities of Drager Infinity Delta patient monitoring devices. The...more

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EEOC Issues Proposed Rule on Wellness Programs and GINA

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a proposed rule amending prior regulations under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) to address incentives in workplace wellness programs....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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