California law firm sues Theranos

A law firm in California sued Theranos, Inc. on May 26 for misrepresenting the accuracy and quality of its blood tests, Reuters reports. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that Theranos admitted to federal government officials that the company voided reports in 2014 and 2015 from its Edison blood testing devices.

Law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP brought the case against Theranos. A Theranos spokesperson told Reuters the lawsuit was “without merit.”

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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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