CHICAGO - Users of Ancestry.com agree to arbitrate disputes, but if they test their children then the children don’t lose the right to sue, U.S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on Feb. 15.
CHICAGO – U.S. District Judge David Dugan correctly dismissed a class action claim that Blackstone Inc. violated privacy of genetic testing data when it bought Ancestry.com, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on May 1.
CHICAGO – Ancestry.com DNA user Carolyn Bridges of St. Clair County petitioned U.S. appellate judges to review rejection of a claim that purchase of the website by Blackstone Group violated privacy of every user in Illinois.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Plaintiff lawyers hurled a personal attack on Blackstone Investment Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman in a proposed class action proceeding in federal court.