Author: Aron Solomon

By Staff Writer Scott Budman, beat reporter for NBC Bay Area, joins Aron Solomon, host of Beyond the Bar, to discuss Budman’s extensive, on-the-scene reporting throughout the Elizabeth Holmes trial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic0irE5Dmqk&list=PLBFfV-UBwvJURtzlgPwanKqAITU3EHh8r

By Staff Writer Following the guilty verdict in the Elizabeth Holmes trial early this year, her former partner and Theranos COO Sunny Balwani now stands trial for his role in defrauding investors. Scott Budman of NBC Bay Area returned to the San Jose courthouse this week to continue coverage of the latest developments in the Theranos saga. According to Budman, the prosecution in the second Theranos case today tried to link Sunny Balwani to Elizabeth Holmes, when it comes to a key decision to mislead investors into believing that Theranos had a working relationship with pharma-giant Pfizer, and to put…

This article first appeared on Foxnews.com. Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of New Mexico, will be working at the behest of Brittney Griner’s family to help secure her release, Fox News Digital confirmed Tuesday. Griner was arrested in February after Russian officials claimed a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis. Griner could face up to a decade in prison if she’s convicted. She’s expected to have a hearing in Russia on May 19. Richardson’s involvement came at the same time the U.S. State Department said in a…

By Aron Solomon While all advertising portrays a certain angle of the truth, ads can’t tell real whoppers, as Burger King recently found out. A new lawsuit claims that Burger King did what pretty much every food advertiser does, which is make their food look better than it is. Burger King, though, literally inflated their Whoppers, making its food look bigger in ads than it is in real life. There is a line between the hyperbole we have to endure in advertising and straight-up lies, which is why the Federal Trade Commission has rules governing what brands can and can’t…

This article first appeared in The Western Journal. Three days before Elon Musk announced his offer to buy 100 percent of Twitter’s shares, Aron Solomon correctly predicted the self-made billionaire would make such a move “within days.” Solomon, the chief legal analyst for Esquire Digital, did as much in an interview with The Western Journal in which Solomon laid out what a potential Musk “Twitter endgame” would look like. Now, Solomon has a new prediction — what Musk’s critical “Plan B” will be should his current move to purchase Twitter end in failure. On Thursday, during a TED2022 conference in Vancouver merely…

This article first appeared in Forbes Will Smith took the stage twice last night at the Oscars. First, it was to slap Chris Rock following a joke the comedian made about the actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. He then returned to the stage to accept his first-ever Best Actor Oscar for his role as Richard Williams in King Richard. The audience at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as the viewers at home, were stunned and confused, wondering if this was staged. It wasn’t—and the moment overshadowed the awards show. “Love will make you do crazy things,” a tearful…

This article first appeared in Business Insider. Canadian truckers have been protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates since late last month. On Saturday, police began clearing out protests blocking a crucial bridge on the US-Canada border.On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national emergency. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national emergency over ongoing trucker protests, allowing the nation’s government to temporarily override civil rights. “The scope of these measures will be time-limited, geographically targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address,” Trudeau said at a news conference on Monday. The far-reaching Emergencies Act gives the…

By Aron Solomon The eyes of the world have been on Melbourne over the past few days. With over one billion fans, tennis is one of the most watched sports in the world. But, as the Financial Times reported, tennis accounts for less than two percent of sports media rights, with almost all of those dollars flowing from the four Grand Slam events, among them, this month’s Australian Open. So it was big news when the number one men’s player in the world, Novak Djokovic, arrived in Melbourne late last week and was denied entry. A notable anti-vaccination as well…

By Aron Solomon This article originally appeared on Fortune.com here: https://fortune.com/2022/01/04/what-the-elizabeth-holmes-verdict-means-for-the-future-of-startup-culture-theranos-trial-startups-aron-solomon/ Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of several charges against her in a criminal fraud case. Her Theranos ordeal will continue to play out during the appeal, perhaps in prison, and certainly under the harsh light of public scrutiny for the rest of her life. Many startup founders should be extremely nervous about how they have run their own businesses. Observers around the world fell into one of two camps. Some agreed with the Holmes defense that her actions were those of a founder building a technology that would change the…

By Staff Writer Following the partial guilty verdict in the trial of Theranos’ founder Elizabeth Holmes, many in the media and startup community are wondering what exactly this verdict means for the future of startup culture. Esquire Digital’s chief legal analyst, Aron Solomon, addressed this burning question with Jackie DeAngelis, host for the Fox Business Channel. The video may be viewed in its entirety below. Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.com