<story><title>Major Investor Sues Theranos</title><url>http://www.wsj.com/articles/major-investor-sues-theranos-1476139613</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m definitely not a friend of Theranos, &lt;i&gt;but&lt;/i&gt;: they failed to do due diligence before investing, the error is theirs. I wonder if they would sue as well if Theranos had scored big time.&lt;p&gt;If you treat investing as gambling don&amp;#x27;t sue if you lose a hundred million dollars of &lt;i&gt;your&lt;/i&gt; customers money.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>onion2k</author><text>The investor&amp;#x27;s argument is that Theranos &lt;i&gt;lied&lt;/i&gt;. The investor believes Theranos fraudulently produced evidence that their product worked in order to fake the responses to the investor&amp;#x27;s due diligence. If that&amp;#x27;s true, and the investor can prove it, then that&amp;#x27;s not simply part of the typical risk of investing, that makes the investor the victim of a serious crime.</text></comment>
<story><title>Major Investor Sues Theranos</title><url>http://www.wsj.com/articles/major-investor-sues-theranos-1476139613</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m definitely not a friend of Theranos, &lt;i&gt;but&lt;/i&gt;: they failed to do due diligence before investing, the error is theirs. I wonder if they would sue as well if Theranos had scored big time.&lt;p&gt;If you treat investing as gambling don&amp;#x27;t sue if you lose a hundred million dollars of &lt;i&gt;your&lt;/i&gt; customers money.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cmadan</author><text>When I walk into the casinos, I know the odds of each game and know there is a possibility of losing my money. However if the casino rigs the machines to reduce my odds, then it isn&amp;#x27;t a fair game anymore and now goes into the realm of cheating.</text></comment>