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The Leader of the Mob reacts
You know, it's not every day that a federal appellate court concludes that a newspaper's coverage of a particular event was a major factor in the creation of a presumption of community prejudice. But that's precisely what the Fifth...
The Wall Street Journal's Enron embarrassment
In anticipation of the oral argument on Wednesday in New Orleans on former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling's appeal of his criminal conviction, don't miss this Larry Ribstein post on Wall Street Journal Enron reporter John Emshwiller's tardy realization that...
More rumblings in the Skilling appeal
This post from last week noted some interesting docket entries in former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling's Fifth Circuit appeal of his conviction on criminal charges in connection with the demise of Enron. Now, it looks as if the mainstream media...
Berkowitz cashes in
So, as Peter Lattman reports, most recent Enron Task Force director Sean Berkowitz is the latest in a long line of former Task Force prosecutors who parleyed prosecuting unpopular Enron executives into a more lucrative career than government work. Berkowitz...
More on the Fastow sentence
It's a good thing that Andy Fastow's counsel did not mention Fastow's following testimony on March 8 in the Lay-Skilling trial during Fastow's sentencing hearing today in front of U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt: Q. Does the government decide your...
Lay-Skilling, Week Seventeen
Remember that point made in the previous week summaries about the predisposition of the leaders on the jury determining the outcome of the trial of the corporate criminal case of the decade? Well, in a strong indication that this trial...
Lay-Skilling, Week Sixteen
Week Sixteen (prior week summaries here) of the corporate criminal case of the decade was closing argument week, and the lawyers used the full 12 hours over two and a half days that U.S. District Judge Sim Lake allocated for...
Lay-Skilling, Week Fifteen
Week 15 of the corporate criminal case of the decade (previous weeks summary posts here) was the relative calm before the final battle of closing arguments next week. Although there was a skirmish over the Ostrich jury instruction, the lull...
Lay-Skilling, Week Twelve
The Jeff Skilling segment of the corporate criminal trial of the decade concluded during Week Twelve (prior week summaries are here) as the former Enron CEO testified for a bit over three days on cross-examination from Enron Task Force director...
Lay-Skilling, Week Eleven
Week Eleven of the corporate criminal case of the decade (previous week summaries here) was the Jeff Skilling Week, and the former Enron CEO did not disappoint. In over three and a half days of direct examination (of which I...
Lay-Skilling, Week Eight
Week Eight (previous week summaries here) of the corporate criminal case of the decade drew to a close on Thursday with former Enron treasurer and Andy Fastow protégé Ben Glisan on the stand and with the Enron Task Force announcing...
Lay-Skilling, Week Six
The Andy Fastow Week of the criminal trial of former key Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling drew to a quiet close on Thursday afternoon, which contrasted sharply with the crispness of his heavily-scripted direct examination and the combative...
Lay-Skilling, Week Four
Long trials tend to settle into a rhythm, and the criminal trial against former key Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling is no exception. After four weeks of trial, the prosecution has put on three substantive witnesses. Each one...
The wit and wisdom of Sim Lake
U.S. District Judge Sim Lake is widely-considered to be one of the best jurists in Houston, and his no-nonsense handling so far of the criminal trial of former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling reflects why he is so...
Lay-Skilling, Round One
Well, I wasn't able to put other pressing matters aside to attend opening arguments yesterday in the criminal trial of former key Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, but I did score a transcript yesterday evening and was able...
Are you ready to rumble?
To the surprise of no one who has ever tried a case before U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, a jury was empaneled yesterday (NY Times article here) in the Enron Task Force's legacy case against former key Enron executives Ken...
Emshwiller's Enron surprise
John Emshwiller of the Wall Street Journal ($) weighs in today on the defense strategy of former Enron key executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling for their upcoming criminal trial, and he is surprised to find that Lay and Skilling...
Did Skilling violate the Rule?
In what appears to be a questionable ruling, former Enron CEO and COO Jeff Skilling was required to leave the courtroom on Friday morning during the ongoing trial of the Enron Broadband trial. Normally, at the commencement of most trials,...
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