Two recently published articles, one written by Consortium Chair Susan M. Wolf and the other by LawSeqSM Working Group member Barbara J. Evans, grapple with important issues in genetic research ethics. The Wolf article, "The Continuing Evolution of Ethical Standards for Genomic Sequencing in Clinical Care: Restoring Patient Choice," outlines the complexities of setting policy to guide the management of incidental or secondary findings. She argues that the leading professional society for medical geneticists in the US, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), needs to change their current guideline to reflect empirically-based research on patient preferences regarding informed consent. In her commentary "HIPAA’s Individual Right of Access to Genomic Data: Reconciling Safety and Civil Rights," Prof. Evans applies the lens of civil rights law to a patient's right to view their own laboratory test results. Wolf and Evans are two of the most eminent legal scholars working on genomics research ethics; they were among the co-authors of the influential paper "Return of Genomic Results to Research Participants: The Floor, the Ceiling, and the Choices In Between."