Federal judge clears way for erasure of Ken Lay criminal record
US District Court Judge Sim Lake on Tuesday granted a request by a lawyer for former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay to supplant Lay's name in court records with Lay's estate. As...
Federal judge clears way for erasure of Ken Lay criminal record
US District Court Judge Sim Lake on Tuesday granted a request by a lawyer for former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay to supplant Lay's name in court records with Lay's estate. As...
Prosecutors seek $183 million payment from ex-Enron CEO Skilling
Federal prosecutors have asked US District Court Judge Sim Lake to order former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling to pay $182.2 million for his part in the conspiracy with Kenneth Lay [Houston Chronicle...
Ken Lay lawyer begins process to erase Enron founder's criminal record
An attorney for former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay has indicated that he intends to ask a federal court to vacate Lay's criminal convictions and dismiss the indictment in the case. Lawyer Samuel Buffone...
JURIST Contributing Editor Nancy Rapoport of the University of Houston Law Center says that the sudden death of Enron founder Kenneth Lay before he was even sentenced has a variety of legal implications, but its greatest consequence may be the...
CNN is reporting that former Enron founder Kenneth Lay is dead. According to a spokesman for Lay's family, Lay suffered a massive heart attack in Aspen, Colorado on Tuesday evening. Lay,...
Ex-Enron executive found guilty, another acquitted in broadband scheme trial
A former Enron broadband executive was found guilty Wednesday on one count of falsifying records and conspiracy and three counts of wire fraud, and another was acquitted on the same five charges, one year after their...
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...
Federal judge approves $6.6B Enron shareholder settlement with major banks
A federal judge on Wednesday gave final approval to a $6.6 billion settlement between former Enron shareholders and the three banks accused of helping Enron hide financial shortcomings to deceive investors. Lead plaintiff's attorney...
Jury begins deliberations in retrial of Enron broadband executives
Jury deliberations began Monday in the retrial of two former Enron executives from the fallen company's broadband department. Former CFO Kevin Howard and senior accounting director Michael Krautz are being retried...
Jury deliberations in the trial of former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling began Wednesday after government prosecutors and defense lawyers finished closing arguments. Lay and Skilling have been charged ...