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On July 9, 2013, Myriad Genetics, along with the University of Utah Research Foundation, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, HSC Research and Development Limited Partnership, and Endorecherche, Inc. filed lawsuits against Ambry Genetics and Gene by Gene, two laboratories that began or have proposed to begin offering genetic testing of the BRCA 1 and 2 genes.

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof Pennsylvania, and the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging an unconstitutional municipal ordinance that punishes innocent tenants and their landlords for requesting police assistance. The challenge was filed on behalf of a domestic violence victim who faced eviction from her home after requesting police protection from an abusive ex-boyfriend.

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof Florida are filing a housing discrimination complaint on behalf of a domestic violence survivor. The complaint alleges that a Florida landlord and management company violated the federal Fair Housing Act’s prohibition on sex and familial status discrimination when they denied her housing application due to her refusal to provide her children’s social security numbers, because doing so would put her family at risk.  

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof Northern California and the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP are representing four servicewomen and the Service Women's Action Network in challenging the Defense Department's longstanding policy and practice barring women from thousands of ground combat positions, military occupational specialties, and schools, simply because they are women.

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵ has filed a complaint against Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for failing to protect a student even after concluding that her abusive ex-girlfriend violated its sexual assault policy.