USA v. Holmes et al
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January 03, 2022
California Cases To Watch In 2022
Attorneys watching litigation in the Golden State expect white-collar prosecutions to jump in 2022, and they're keeping a close eye on landmark cases playing out in appellate courts, including the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team's pay equity fight and multiple high-stakes insurance disputes. Here's a look at some major legal fights attorneys in California and beyond will be following closely this year.
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December 23, 2021
Holmes Jury Asks To Rehear Ex-CEO's 2013 Investor Call
A California federal jury weighing the criminal fraud case against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Thursday asked to listen again to a recording of Holmes' December 2013 call with investors in which Holmes touted Theranos' technology and the symbolic importance of its partnership with the military.
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December 21, 2021
Holmes Judge Nixes Jury Request To Take Instructions Home
A California federal jury weighing the criminal fraud case against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes signaled Tuesday that it would need more time to reach a verdict when jurors asked the judge for permission to take the jury instructions home "to review them at length" — a request that was quickly denied.
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December 17, 2021
Holmes' Fate In Jury's Hands As Criminal Fraud Trial Wraps
After nearly four months of testimony and attorney argument, ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' criminal fraud trial headed to a jury Friday, with the defense saying during closings that Holmes never intended to defraud anyone and lost everything when Theranos collapsed, while prosecutors argued on rebuttal that she's a liar.
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December 16, 2021
Feds Portray Holmes As Mature Liar As Fraud Trial Nears End
A prosecutor depicted ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes as a mature liar who "chose to go down the path of fraud" to prop up her "house of cards" startup during closings of a monthslong criminal trial Thursday, while the defense argued evidence shows Holmes never intended to defraud investors or patients.
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December 15, 2021
Holmes' 'Risky' Decision To Testify Could Save Her, Attys Say
With closing arguments in ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' monthslong criminal fraud trial slated to begin Thursday, legal experts say the outcome of her trial could hinge on her "highly risky" decision to take the stand and defend herself with claims of sexual abuse — uncharted territory for white collar prosecutions.
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December 10, 2021
Holmes Jury Instructions Fight Touches On Celebrity, Balwani
The California federal judge overseeing Elizabeth Holmes' criminal fraud trial considered arguments over jury instructions in a daylong hearing Friday, saying he plans to tell jurors that they shouldn't be influenced by her celebrity, and that her romantic relationship with ex-Theranos executive Sunny Balwani does not itself prove conspiracy.
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December 08, 2021
Theranos Closings Near As Elizabeth Holmes Rests Defense
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes rested her defense case in her criminal fraud trial Wednesday, and prosecutors declined to call rebuttal witnesses, closing the evidence phase after three months of testimony before a California federal jury and teeing up closing arguments for next week.
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December 07, 2021
Holmes Defends Theranos' 'Aggressive' IP Protection At Trial
Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' cross-examination in her criminal fraud trial wrapped Tuesday, with Holmes conceding that she didn't tell investors Theranos was performing blood tests on modified third-party devices but defending that and other sometimes "aggressive" actions as necessary to protect the startup's trade secrets.
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December 03, 2021
Holmes Attys Rip 'Confusing' Jury Instructions On Fraud
Counsel for Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes urged a California federal judge Friday to give jurors considering criminal fraud charges against her more detailed explanations of the charges than what prosecutors have proposed.