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Ms. Holmes and California prosecutors are sparring over what details a judge will allow into the trial in July, with fights over not only her wealth, but also testimony from Theranos patients who received inaccurate blood results and internal emails prosecutors say show the company trying to evade lab inspectors. In all, U.S. District Judge […]
Dystopian Future Securities Fraud – Bloomberg
So we have talked about allegations that Senator Richard Burr did something wrong when he dumped stocks after receiving Intelligence Committee briefings about the coronavirus in February. There was a factual dispute about what secret information Burr did or did not receive in those briefings, and about whether or not he traded based on it, […]
Critics outraged, Republicans silent as Trump pardons ex-Rep. Chris Collins | buffalonews.com
President Trump on Tuesday pardoned former Rep. Chris Collins, who was imprisoned in October after pleading guilty to felony insider trading charges. The early evening pardon prompted outrage from Collins’ critics and dead silence from Trump’s fellow Republicans. “Today, President Trump granted a full pardon to Chris Collins, at the request of many Members of […]
California’s Covid surge forces trial delay of Theranos Elizabeth Holmes
A surge in coronavirus cases in California has led to a four-month delay in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of embattled health tech company, Theranos. In a late Friday night order, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila set a new trial date of July 13, 2021 for the case. Source: […]
Elizabeth Holmes Theranos trial to be held in person with masks, social distancing
In what is expected to be one of the most high profile trials in years, Elizabeth Holmes will face jurors wearing clear face masks in a socially distanced courtroom, a judge said Wednesday. The trial, to begin March 9, 2021 at a San Jose federal courthouse is expected to play out over two to four […]
Holmes Prosecutors Say Texts Show Theranos Beset With Problems – Bloomberg
Prosecutors say Holmes’ and Balwani’s messages about the approval process will offer jurors a look back in time, revealing their intent to deceive investors -– an element the government must prove to win convictions. The messages were collected by securities regulators in a related civil case — though many remain sealed in court filings. “The […]
Getting Away With Murder | by Jed S. Rakoff | The New York Review of Books
Criminal law and its enforcement are notoriously hypocritical. It is bad enough that, as Anatole France wrote in 1894, “the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread.” But now, more than a century later, even the […]
Libor Trader Tom Hayes to Be Released From Jail in January – SWI swissinfo.ch
Tom Hayes, the former UBS Group AG and Citigroup Inc. trader convicted of rigging Libor, will be released from prison in January after more than five years. Hayes was the highest-profile conviction in the Libor-fixing scandal. He was found guilty by a London jury in 2015, and is being released after serving about half of […]
Former congressman Chris Collins begins prison term | Top Story | thedailynewsonline.com
FPC Pensacola is a federal prison camp about a nine-hour drive from Collins’ home in Marco Island, Fla., where former House of Representatives Speaker John A. Boehner is among Collins’ neighbors. Boehner wrote a letter of support on behalf of his former colleague to Judge Vernon S. Broderick. “In the absence of a decision on […]
Prosecutor: ‘It is time for Collins to begin his prison sentence’ | Local News | buffalonews.com
Former Rep. Chris Collins wants his 26-month prison sentence converted to home confinement, but the top government prosecutor in the case is saying, in essence, lock him up – and right away.” The public has an interest in seeing justice done in this case without further delay,” wrote Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. attorney for the […]