Sessions Information

  • January 6, 2023
    8:00 am - 9:40 am
    Session Type: AALS Hot Topic Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
    Hotel: N/A
    Room: Marriott Grand Ballroom 3
    Floor: Lobby Level, North Tower

    Quiet corners of the law, like unjust enrichment and its gain-based restitution remedies, often hold the only viable path to recovery. This panel explores unjust enrichment’s potential in ongoing federal litigation, In re Henrietta Lacks Estate. The Lacks Estate sued a large biotech company, Thermo Fisher, alleging unjust profits from continued use of Henrietta Lacks’s immortal cells, HeLa cells, without consent. This panel includes experts in unjust enrichment, public health, critical race and feminism, and history, as well as counsel and amici. Panelists examine racial, historical, and legal frames to determine whether the Lacks heirs deserve to disgorge unjust gains.

Session Speakers
Southern University Law Center
Moderator and Speaker

Seeger Weiss LLP
Speaker

Ben Crump Law PLLC
Speaker

Washington and Lee University School of Law
Speaker

Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Speaker

Session Fees
  • AALS Hot Topic Program - The Law of Unjust Enrichment, the First Immortal Human Cell Line, and the Henrietta Lacks Case: $0.00