Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes gets a trial date: summer 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — The criminal trial of ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been scheduled to start in summer 2020 — setting the stage for a blockbuster courtroom drama certain to command attention far beyond Silicon Valley.

In a pretrial hearing in federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, federal prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to begin jury selection the week of July 28, 2020, and start opening arguments on Aug. 4, 2020, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed. The trial is expected to last for about three months.

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