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Thu 9/23/2021 -- by Juliette Fairley

When Laurinda Dodgen worked at the Illinois state office of the American Association of Retired Persons, her performance was strong enough to get her appointed interim national vice president, a position in which she was known to be a creative and effective leader. But a few short months after completing that assignment, the atmosphere allegedly changed. "Her white male supervisor, Bob Gallo, seemed to really take offense to the fact that she had gone and performed really well in that role, and from there, things started to go downhill," said Keenan J. Saulter, Dodgen's attorney who is based in Chicago. AARP defense counsel Richard McArdle didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. Dodgen had planned to retire from the advocacy organization with a generous retirement and benefits package that she was in the process of earning over 10 years until her vision was allegedly sabotaged by Gallo.....

Mon 9/13/2021 -- by Jan HIll

More than three years after being indicted on federal fraud and conspiracy charges over her defunct blood-testing company Theranos, disgraced tech pioneer Elizabeth Holmes went on trial on Aug. 31 in San Jose, California. Holmes is charged with 10 counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy for defrauding investors, medical professionals and customers. The trial is expected to last three months. Unlike most criminal defendants, Holmes is not languishing in a cramped jail cell as she stands trial for fraud. Instead, she lives with her husband, Evans Hotel Group heir Billy Holmes, in a home on Green Gables, a 74-acre, $135 million estate in Woodside, California. In addition to the main house, the estate includes six additional homes, three swimming pools, a tennis court, gardens and a reservoir, according to a recent New York Post report. Despite her posh surroundings, Holmes has arguably experienced a stunning fall from grace. Her story is reminiscent of a fairytale: At age 19, she dropped out of Stanford University to found biotech startup Theranos in 2003. To boost the company's credibility, Holmes assembled an impressive board of directors that included former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and retired U.S. Navy admiral Gary Roughead. She also raised nearly $900 million in funding from billionaire investors like media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.....