Federal Judge Issues Notice of Settlement in 23andMe Data Breach MDL

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The parties in actions arising from the October 2023 23andMe data breach have agreed to the terms of a settlement that was preliminarily approved by a California federal judge, on the same day that the human genetics and biotechnology company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Judge Edward M. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued the notice of settlement on March 24. The MDL proceedings were stayed on March 26 due to 23andMe's bankruptcy filing.

In December, the judge granted conditional preliminarily approval for the settlement and certified a settlement …