Search Results for: 2001-07-02

The retrial of two Enron broadband executives on conspiracy and fraud charges is set to begin Tuesday, nearly a year after a jury acquitted five former executives on some charges and failed to reach...

Kenneth Lay , former CEO and founder of Enron , told a jury Monday that the collapse of the company in 2001 has caused him "hurt and destruction and pain" on...

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling , whose testimony in his own defense came to a close on Thursday, maintained his innocence on fraud and conspiracy charges and defended his actions in the...

Mark Koenig, former executive VP of investor relations at Enron , testified in the early stages of the prosecution case Wednesday that founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling , both...

The US military lawyer representing Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks on Wednesday requested an independent investigation into Hicks' allegations of abuse at the hands of prison officials. Hicks,...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments on whether the federal government can halt doctors from assisting patients in taking their own lives under an Oregon statute allowing the practice. The justices...

In a briefing Sunday to military task force officials participating in Hurricane Rita relief efforts, President Bush suggested that the Pentagon, rather than state and local agencies, should be in charge of the response to future...

AP is reporting that the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the habeas appeal of Jose Padilla , ruling that the "dirty bomb" suspect can be detained without charges indefinitely. Padilla's attorneys had challenged his...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the SEC has indicted television financial commentator and investment adviser Courtney Smith over his alleged role in a stock manipulation scheme. According to the SEC complaint, the head of GenesisIntermedia,...