https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/10/05/elizabeth-holmes-trial-lawyer-claims-incompetent-lab-chief-not-holmes-to-blame/ > A lawyer for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes claimed during her criminal trial Tuesday that “incompetence” by former company lab director Adam Rosendorff was behind problems at her Palo Alto blood-testing startup. > “To the extent that failures in the lab are the result of incompetence of someone other than my client, it’s exculpatory for my client,” Holmes lawyer Lance Wade said in a hearing without the jury present.