Testimony ended Monday in the trial of former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling as the defense team rested their case and the prosecution called only three rebuttal witnesses. Lay and Skilling...
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Lay takes stand in Enron trial, says collapse of company painful
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...
Ex-Enron exec says Lay, Skilling knew earnings claims exaggerated
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...
JURIST Guest Columnist Devika Hovell of the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law in Sydney, Australia, says that the trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks by US military commission highlights his transformation from an alleged perpetrator of...
The leading Islamic party in Tajikistan has criticized the country's recent ban on Islamic headscarves in secular schools . The Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) said the ban was unconstitutional and against the interests of...
The FBI has conducted secret surveillance of US citizens and legal residents for up to 18 months without notifying the Justice Department, according to documents released Monday by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) . EPIC made...
President Bush announced his nomination of Paul J. McNulty to serve as US Deputy Attorney General Friday. McNulty has served as the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia since...
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...
Bush call for Pentagon lead in disaster response raises law enforcement issue
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...