States take legal action as 23andMe attempts to sell customer genetic information amid bankruptcy

Bankrupt 23andMe is facing a lawsuit over its plans to sell customer genetic information.

Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia took legal action this week against 23andMe in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the court overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings that the genetic testing company entered earlier in the year. 

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The states contend 23andMe has...