October 2021

Florida imposes criminal sanctions for violation of certain health privacy rights Florida took data and health privacy rights a step further and passed HB 833 the Protecting DNA Privacy Act which went into effect October 1, 2021, which “establishes new criminal offenses applicable to persons” in violation of HB 833. This new law is designed to  a) extend […]

Tissue and DNA material used without informed consent and authorization leads to lawsuits On the 70th anniversary of the death of Henrietta Lacks, her family has filed a lawsuit on October 4, 2021, against Thermo Fisher Scientific for using cells taken from Henrietta Lacks while a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore without her