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US District Court Judge Melinda Harmon on Wednesday granted a motion to dismiss seven defendants from the Enron shareholder derivative lawsuit , scheduled to go to trial in April. The lead plaintiff in the case, the University...

JURIST Contributing Editor Nancy Rapoport of the University of Houston Law Center says that the recent spate of guilty verdicts and stiff sentences handed out for corporate fraud committed by the erstwhile leaders of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia and other...

JURIST Guest Columnist Nancy Rapoport, dean of the University of Houston Law Center, says that although the convictions of Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling in the Enron corporate fraud trial offer several important lessons, it's not clear that all of...

Defense lawyers in the Enron fraud trial Monday finished their cross-examination of former Chief Financial Officer and lead government witness Andrew Fastow , bringing to a conclusion his four-day stint on the...

Former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow took the stand for the prosecution against his former bosses Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeff Skilling Tuesday....

JURIST Guest Columnist Nancy Rapoport, dean of the University of Houston Law Center, says that as we watch witnesses at the trial of former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling continue to testify about Enron's earnings management, we should...

Leading Monday's corporations and securities law news, Florida's insurance regulation commissioner announced subpoenas have been sent to officials at 17 insurance companies, including units of American International Group Inc. , Chubb Corp., Swiss Re AG [corporate...

Leading Thursday corporations and securities law news, ex-Enron Chairman Ken Lay filed a motion with US District Court Judge Sim Lake asking for his trial on personal bank charges be...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, Enron Task Force prosecutors have asked US District Court Judge Sim Lake to move former Enron chief Ken Lay's trial date for personal banking...

Leading Tuesday's corporations and securities law news, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that regulators have called Warren Buffett to answer questions next month about his involvement in the insurance transaction between General Re Corp....