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The nation's most potent law against public corruption is in danger of being scaled back or struck down by the U.S...At issue is a ban on "honest services fraud," often used to prosecute public officials who accept money, free tickets, or jobs for relatives...
Tags: Supreme Court, Chicago, Corporate crime, Fraud, Jack Abramoff, Jeffrey Skilling, Enron, Corporate scandals, Law Crime, Political corruption, Bruce Weyhrauch, Crimes, Antonin Scalia
Allen Stanford has fallen much further and harder than most executives accused of corporate fraud before they even get to trial. The biggest difference is that he was deemed a flight risk and denied bail, so he has been behind bars since the end of June...
Tags: Stanford Financial Group, R. Allen Stanford, Compare Stanford, Stanford International Bank, Enron de, Houston, SEC, criminal cases, Corporate crime, Fraud, Jeffrey Skilling, Enron, Bernard Madoff, Corporate scandals, Law Crime, Allen Stanford
And Other Adventures" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Co., 410 pages) Does best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell write business books? It's a friendly argument I've had for years with another Miami Herald book reviewer.
Tags: Malcolm Gladwell, Wichita, Clairol, John Rock, Ron Popeil, Jeffrey Skilling, Entertainment Culture, Infomercial
Does bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell write business books? It's a friendly argument I've had for years with another Miami Herald book reviewer (Hi, Connie!). But I define ``business'' broadly and believe lessons are learned from diverse places; commerce,...
Tags: Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Pachter, Iraq, Baghdad, Jeffrey Skilling, Sociology books, Ron Popeil, Clairol, Entertainment Culture
Skilling's conviction to see if he received a fair trial in the hothouse atmosphere of Houston following the collapse of the nation's seventh largest company in 2001. It will also consider whether federal prosecutors properly applied the "honest services"...
Tags: Enron Corp., U.S. Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Jeff Skilling, Houston, Jeffrey K. Skilling, honest services, Jeffrey Skilling, Rod Blagojevich, fair trial
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling has asked the Supreme Court to overturn his 2006 conviction for insider trading, his attorney told CNN. In a 50-page petition filed Monday, Skilling's attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, said "pervasive media coverage" prevented...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, enron ceo, Houston, Jeffrey Skilling, enron chief, Jeff Skilling, Daniel Petrocelli, chief executive
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week as lawmakers negotiated an economic stimulus plan to revive the U.S. economy and resuscitate the housing market. The rate fell to 5.16% from 5.25% a week earlier, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said.
Lawyers for Jeffrey Skilling are appealing a decision to uphold the former Enron Corp. CEO’s conviction for his role in the once-mighty energy company’s collapse. Skilling’s attorneys today filed a motion to have a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S...Earlier...
Tags: Jeffrey Skilling, Comcast, attorneys filed
An appeals court today upheld former Enron Chief Executive Jeff Skilling's 19 federal felony convictions, but ordered a trial court to resentence him...Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans sided with the government, ruling that a theory of guilt that...
Tags: Jeff Skilling, Enron Corp., appeal court, Jeffrey Skilling, enron chief, Jeffrey K. Skilling, prison term, energy giant, chief executive, federal appeal
These are some of the claims attorneys for former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling have made in appealing his 2006 convictions for his role in the energy giant's collapse...Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will consider Wednesday
Tags: Jeffrey Skilling, Enron Corp., Enron', Hear Appeal of Enron