Law Brief®: Michael Grudberg, Robert Heim and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Theranos Verdict
FCPA Compliance Report - Brandon Daniels - Ongoing v. Point in Time Due Diligence
Law Brief®: The Theranos Trial
Former Theranos Executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani Sentenced to Nearly 13 Years - On December 7, 2022, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, a former Theranos executive, was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison, and three years of...more
Court Rejected Former Theranos Executive Sunny Balwani’s Request For New Trial - On October 11, 2022, a California federal court rejected former Theranos Chief Operating Officer Sunny Balwani’s request for a new trial,...more
EmpiresX Head Trader Pleads Guilty to $100M Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud Scheme - On September 8, 2022, the “Head Trader” for EmpiresX, a purported cryptocurrency platform, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to...more
Each year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) publishes its enforcement priorities – a reminder that, although the Division of Examinations (EXAMS) remains committed to monitoring compliance with (and...more
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Former Theranos President and COO, Found Guilty on All Twelve Fraud Counts in High-Profile Trial - On July 7, 2022, a federal jury in the Northern District of California found Ramesh “Sunny”...more
Supreme Court To Decide on DOJ Authority in FCA Suits - On Tuesday, the US Supreme court agreed to hear a case examining whether the federal government has lost its authority to dismiss a whistleblowers False Claims Act...more
Briefing Regarding FCA Circuit Split Continues Before The Supreme Court - In response to a recent DOJ filing, a hospice whistleblower claimed that the DOJ failed to substantiate its claim that circuit courts have similar...more
On the top of its record of success, DOJ won two big and highly-contested cases. The first against Elizabeth Holmes and the second against Roger Ng. In perhaps one of its most significant failures, DOJ was handed a quick...more
A House Judiciary Committee is calling on the DOJ to “investigate Amazon and some of its executives for criminal obstruction of a congressional investigation that included the e-commerce giant.” At issue is the ‘Zon’s alleged...more
On Jan. 4, 2022, a trial that has gripped white-collar crime lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic – that of Elizabeth Holmes – concluded. Following a 15-week trial, jurors in the state of California returned guilty verdicts...more
On the latest Law Brief® episode, Co-Heads of the White Collar Practice Group Michael Grudberg and Robert Heim once again join Host, Richard Schoenstein to discuss the verdict in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes concerning her...more
2021 was another blockbuster year in the whistleblowing and retaliation arena. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Whistleblower has now issued in excess of $1 billion in whistleblower bounties. ...more
Former Theranos CEO Convicted of Defrauding Investors - Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of blood testing start-up Theranos, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy and three counts of wire fraud for her...more
The federal conviction of Elizabeth Holmes on Monday night, January 3, 2022, has been of great interest in legal and business circles. One question that has been consistently asked in various media reports is what type of...more
In the case that tested the limits of the “fake it till you make it” approach to a startup business, on January 3, 2022, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California convicted Elizabeth Holmes,...more
Back at it for ’22. Hope all had a good holiday season. After deadlocking on several claims on their 7th day of deliberations, jurors weighing the fate of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes ultimately found her guilty on 4...more
New York Federal Judge Colleen McMahon has “overturned the confirmation of Purdue Pharma’s Chapter 11 plan,” after determining that the bankruptcy court “did not have the legal right to release claims against the company’s...more
In this episode of the FCPA Compliance Report, I visit with Brandon Daniels, President of Exiger. Brandon is a long-time favorite on the FCPA Compliance Report, and he always brings a unique perspective to a variety of...more
Saule Omarova, the White House’s pick to helm the OCC, has withdrawing from consideration for the post, saying it was “no longer tenable” for her to seek the position following withering attacks from the banking industry and...more
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down, effectively immediately, from the site he co-founded in 2006. He was replaced by company CTO Parag Agrawal, “who has recently been working on technologies associated with...more
The Fed Chair waiting game is officially over, with the White House affirming its confidence in Chair Powell on Monday by indicating that it will renominate him to another 6-year term at the helm of the central bank. ...more
After 11 weeks of the prosecution laying out the government’s case, it’s now the defense’s turn in the criminal fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. They began by putting Holmes, herself, on the stand, and she’ll...more
Jobs Report Friday again! And this one should be a doozy, as we look for what a wave of recent strikes, increased competition for workers, and millions of workers reconsidering career paths will mean for the numbers...more
On the latest Law Brief® episode, Co-Heads of the White Collar Practice Group, Michael Grudberg and Robert Heim, join Host, Richard Schoenstein to discuss the on-going trial of Elizabeth Holmes concerning her now-defunct...more
Fascinating new wrinkle on the corporate debt crisis washing over China in recent years, with reports that “troubled Chinese property giant Evergrande” sought to “strong-arm” its own employees earlier this year to lend the...more