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Prosecutors In Theranos Case Say Holmes “Chose Fraud Over Business Failure”

17th December 2021
On Friday, the prosecution will have the opportunity to present a rebuttal before the case goes to the jurors.  Elizabeth Holmes faces 11 charges of defrauding investors, medical professionals, and patients over Theranos’ blood-testing technology, which the company claimed could carry out hundreds of tests with just a single drop of blood. Holmes faces up […]
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Debevoise & Plimpton Say Phishing Scam Is Using Firm’s Trademark

15th December 2021
In a complaint on Monday, Debevoise & Plimpton said that the owners of “debevoise-law.com” and “debovoise-laws.com” have been using the names of actual Debevoise & Plimpton attorneys in emails sent out to victims as part of a phishing scheme.  Debevoise & Plimpton remains unaware of who is running the two websites because a privacy service […]
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WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Can Be Extradited To US, Rules UK Court

10th December 2021
The decision comes as a major blow to Assange’s effort to prevent his extradition to face espionage charges in the US. However, his finance immediately expressed that an appeal would be launched against the court’s ruling. Assange is wanted in the US over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011. Senior […]
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Elizabeth Holmes Denies Misleading Investors In Trial Testimony

8th December 2021
Former investors in the now-defunct company have testified at the trial that Holmes had led them to believe that Theranos’ technology had been adopted by the US military. As Holmes’ testimony in defence against fraud charges nears its end, she denied making such statements to investors.  Holmes also said she did not recall telling an […]
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Texas Senate Bill 6: A New Approach To American Criminal Justice Reform

3rd December 2021
In the old west, a Texas rancher would brand all of his cattle so that they could be identified if a question of ownership arose. Over the past couple of decades, the Texas judicial system has seen the rise of a different kind of branding: the overloading of defendants with conditions under which they must […]
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Reforming the Family Judicial System in Canada

30th November 2021
We hear qualified arbitrator Cheryl Cordeiro’s thoughts on the obstacles facing Canadian families and the benefits of alternative dispute resolution.
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Elizabeth Holmes Testifies She Was Abused By Ex-Partner Balwani

30th November 2021
On Monday, Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes testified that she was abused by her former romantic partner and Theranos executive Ramesh Balwani. She said the relationship had a pervasive impact on her during the period when she is accused of committing fraud.  There were moments during Holmes’ fourth day on stand when she […]
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