July 07, 2021
The California federal judge overseeing the upcoming criminal trial of ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Wednesday questioned her claim that prosecutors improperly failed to preserve a company database purportedly crucial to her defense.
June 15, 2021
A California federal judge on Tuesday rejected ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' 45-page juror questionnaire for her upcoming criminal fraud trial that asked jurors to specify media outlets they follow, asking defense counsel "what does it matter" if jurors get information from "an online NPR article or an online Breitbart article?"
June 09, 2021
Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' recent attorney-client privilege loss in a pretrial dispute over her communications with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP serves as "a cautionary tale" to corporate attorneys that the predominant legal standard disfavors executives and that it's incumbent on lawyers to make clear who their clients are, according to legal experts.
June 04, 2021
The 45-page juror questionnaire proposed by ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes for her impending fraud trial is "excessive, invasive, and unlikely" to help the California federal court select an impartial jury, federal prosecutors argued.
June 03, 2021
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes can't claim attorney-client privilege to prevent federal prosecutors from using her communications with the company's attorneys at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP at her upcoming fraud trial, a California federal judge found Thursday.
June 03, 2021
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has asked a California federal judge to suppress the government's "anecdotal" evidence concerning the blood-testing technology at the center of her upcoming fraud trial, including customer complaints, testing results and a 2016 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services report.
May 28, 2021
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes asked a California federal judge Thursday to ramp up the screening criteria for jury selection in her upcoming fraud trial, saying the "extraordinary, highly prejudicial publicity" surrounding the downfall of the blood-testing startup requires careful scrutiny of potential juror bias.
May 24, 2021
A California federal judge will allow jurors in a fraud case against former CEO Elizabeth Holmes of blood-testing startup Theranos to hear some evidence of her wealth and lifestyle, but not about specific purchases.
May 11, 2021
Before Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her ex-boyfriend were charged with deceiving investors and patients about their blood-testing technology's efficacy, the pair exchanged voluminous text messages that now threaten to provide jurors at Holmes' criminal trial this summer a rare window into her psyche.
May 06, 2021
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' team of lawyers urged a California federal judge Thursday to keep evidence of her luxurious lifestyle and news coverage of her now-defunct blood-testing startup out of her upcoming criminal fraud trial, but prosecutors said the evidence shows that money and fame motivated Holmes' deception.