Ex-Theranos CEO Seeks Orders Allowing Her To Prepare For Securities Fraud Trial

Mealey's (April 2, 2020, 1:19 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — Arguing that preparation for her trial on criminal charges in connection with an alleged securities fraud scheme has been hindered by state and federal government orders put in place in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, former Theranos Inc. CEO Elizabeth Holmes asked a federal judge in California on March 30 to issue a pair of orders that would consider her attorneys essential workers and allow them to continue to prepare for her upcoming trial (United States of America v. Elizabeth Holmes, et al., No. 18-cr-258. N.D. Calif.)....