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  1. September 02, 2021

    Calif. Jury Empaneled In Trial Of Ex-Theranos CEO Holmes

    A California federal judge swore in 12 jurors Thursday — five women and seven men, along with five alternates — who will spend the next four months considering wire fraud and conspiracy charges in the criminal trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes.

  2. September 01, 2021

    Holmes Trial Jury Pool Narrowed For Final Day Of Selection

    A California federal judge whittled down the pool of prospective jurors considered for Elizabeth Holmes' criminal fraud trial Wednesday, excusing dozens and leaving 41 prospective jurors to return to court Thursday for peremptory challenges, with a jury to be empaneled and sworn in before the weekend. 

  3. August 31, 2021

    Anti-Holmes Bias, Abuse Focus In 1st Day Of Jury Selection

    A California federal judge excused over a dozen potential jurors as Elizabeth Holmes' criminal fraud trial kicked off Tuesday, after some wavered on whether they could be unbiased in light of news coverage or recalled personal experiences with domestic abuse — an issue Holmes will likely raise in her defense.

  4. August 30, 2021

    Holmes' Mental State Key To Fraud Defense, Legal Pros Say

    Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' defense in her upcoming criminal fraud trial will likely hinge on her mental state during the blood-testing startup's rise and the role Theranos' high-profile board members and corporate counsel played in advising her before its collapse, according to legal experts.

  5. August 28, 2021

    Holmes' Health Docs Allege Balwani Abused, Controlled Her

    The California federal judge presiding over ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' upcoming criminal trial unsealed court documents Saturday that reveal Holmes has been diagnosed with PTSD and plans to claim at trial she was physically and sexually abused by ex-Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani at the time of the alleged fraud.

  6. August 27, 2021

    US v. Elizabeth Holmes: The Case Against Theranos' Ex-CEO

    The long-awaited federal criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of blood-testing company Theranos, is finally kicking off at the end of the month, but legal experts expect prosecutors may struggle to convince jurors that the disgraced Silicon Valley executive intentionally set out to defraud customers and investors.

  7. August 27, 2021

    Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' Top 5 Pretrial Battles

    As former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' highly anticipated criminal fraud trial is set to kick off with jury selection Tuesday, Law360 looks back at the top five pretrial fights that set the stage for the upcoming court battle over the once high-flying, blood-testing startup's demise.

  8. August 26, 2021

    Elizabeth Holmes Mental Health Docs May Be Unsealed Soon

    The California federal judge presiding over ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' criminal fraud trial said Thursday he's inclined to minimally redact and then unseal documents related to Holmes' mental health before the weekend, despite arguments that media coverage of the documents could sway the jury.

  9. August 25, 2021

    Theranos Judge Cuts Potential Jurors For Anti-Holmes Bias

    The California federal judge presiding over the upcoming criminal fraud trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes excused dozens of potential jurors Wednesday due to their employment links to the now-defunct startup or the bias they expressed against Holmes in answers to jury questionnaires.

  10. August 20, 2021

    Holmes Can't Stop Ex-Theranos Lab Director From Testifying

    Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes faced an uphill battle Friday in trying to bar prosecutors from calling a former Theranos lab director to testify in her upcoming criminal fraud trial, with the judge saying he might limit the witness's testimony, but would not "wholesale" exclude him from trial.

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