May 11, 2020
Federal prosecutors are seeking to add on a fraud charge and switch up allegations in the case alleging former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes defrauded investors and patients, though they may have to wait until grand juries reconvene to formalize the charges.
April 15, 2020
A California federal judge on Wednesday pushed back ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' August criminal trial date to October due to coronavirus concerns, but declined Holmes' request to reschedule the trial for 2021 in light of new charges that prosecutors say they plan to pursue.
April 14, 2020
Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes told a California federal judge in a status report Tuesday that she'll need more time to prepare for a criminal jury trial, after federal prosecutors announced they plan to file a superseding indictment against her.
April 01, 2020
A California federal judge on Wednesday took issue with the "tone" of a request by ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' counsel to let them violate shelter-in-place orders to prepare for her upcoming trial, saying it wasn't necessary and they should have had a "rational discussion" instead of filing a proposed order.
March 31, 2020
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes told a Northern California federal judge that preparing for her upcoming trial means travel, meetings and serving up to 100 subpoenas — actions she says the judge should deem essential in light of various local orders telling people to stay indoors.
March 23, 2020
Theranos Inc.'s former CEO Elizabeth Holmes and ex-Chief Operating Officer Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani will face separate criminal jury trials over charges they lied to investors and doctors about the now-defunct blood testing startup's product capabilities, a California federal judge ruled Friday.
February 12, 2020
A California federal judge has cut criminal charges alleging former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and another executive defrauded doctors and insured patients about the viability of the once high-flying startup's blood-testing technology, but left intact most of the indictment, rejecting defense arguments that it is "unconstitutionally vague."
February 10, 2020
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes urged a California federal judge Monday to throw out criminal fraud charges over the viability of her once high-flying startup's blood-testing technology, arguing that the "massive" case is too vague and that "incorrect blood tests are a fact of life."
January 14, 2020
Federal prosecutors in Northern California told a court their "concise" indictment against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is enough to make the charges clear, especially since the fallen wunderkind's defense team has enjoyed full access to the government's evidence.
January 13, 2020
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration attorney on Monday criticized demands by former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and another executive for internal documents to help them prepare their criminal defense against fraud charges, saying the scope of the requests are "wholly unprecedented" and diverting the agency's valuable resources.