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Government insists former president covers costs as he requested special master

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, convicted of fraud in January, on Tuesday demanded a new trial, saying a key prosecution witness showed up at her home disheveled and apparently remorseful over his testimony against her.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, convicted by a jury in January of four counts of defrauding investors in her now-defunct Palo Alto blood-testing startup, appeared in federal court in San Jose on Thursday seeking to have the verdict thrown out, with no new trial, but the judge in a preliminary ruling…

Dawn Frankowski, 54, now faces up to six months behind bars.

A male massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting female clients during appointments at a clinic in Adelaide has been granted bail.

A District Court judge has shown leniency to a mother, who seriously injured her three sons in a meth-fuelled crash in the Adelaide Hills, because she was fleeing domestic violence.

DETROIT — A juror seated on the recent trial of two men convicted of attempting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer denied having said the men would "hang," according to a transcript of a meeting the juror had with U.S. District Court Judge Robert Jonker, who likened the encounter with the…

Moderna sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Friday for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic. Pfizer shares fell nearly 1%, while BioNTech US-listed shares were down about 1.5%…

Moderna Inc. sued Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, claiming the technology in their COVID-19 shot infringes on its patents, a move that sets the stage for a massive legal clash between the vaccine titans.

The appellate court would leave the matter for the district court to decide in the first instance, subject to appellate review; Judge Matey dissented, arguing that the appellate court should have considered the issue directly.

DENVER — Mesa County’s deputy county clerk will testify against her boss Tina Peters, who is accused of tampering with election equipment and misconduct, under a plea deal approved Thursday by a district court judge.