Lawyer says Ebbers knew little
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A defense lawyer played two audiotapes of WorldCom's former chief in court yesterday in hopes of convincing jurors that Bernard Ebbers knew too little about the company's accounting to have overseen the $11 billion fraud that drove it into bankruptcy.
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The judge said the juror had improperly learned some information about the case outside of the courtroom.
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Two WorldCom Inc. accountants agreed to cover up &#36;800 million in expenses only after learning that Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers refused to warn investors that profits were worse than expected, they testified at Ebbers' fraud trial on Wednesday.
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It took nearly two years, three courts and five judges, but a lawyer has cleared himself of a shoplifting conviction. At the center of the dispute? $3.76.
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Former Worldcom boss Bernie Ebbers says his ignorance of accounting meant he did not see the $11bn fraud that broke the company.
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Bernie Ebbers' closest associate claims the former WorldCom boss was directly implicated in a $11bn fraud at the company.
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Plenty of people in Jackson, Miss., are watching the progression of former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers's trial, but few of them care deeply about the outcome.
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The government&#39;s most senior legal adviser said Wednesday that he is at a loss to explain why US authorities are investigating BAE Systems after an anti-corruption probe here was shelved.
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A witness for the prosecution against Bernard Ebbers, former chief of WorldCom, directly connected Mr. Ebbers to the accounting fraud that brought down the company.
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Rick Neuheisel's lawyers can present evidence showing NCAA president Myles Brand ignored his own staff's advice to stop talking publicly about an investigation into the coach's gambling.
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An in-house Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. lawyer didn&#39;t support the brokerage&#39;s harried $7 million investment in Enron Corp.-owned barges at the end of 1999 and would have blocked it had she known of an alleged verbal
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A possible 2001 merger between  WorldCom Inc. and Verizon Communications was scuttled by  internal concerns over accounting tricks at WorldCom, jurors in  the fraud trial of former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers were told  on Thursday.
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One of the nationâs best-known plaintiffâs lawyers, Richard Scruggs, is ensnared in legal drama involving federal conspiracy and bribery charges.
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A lawyer for Roger Clemens' accuser was told by a congressional committee staff member that his client was unlikely to be granted immunity for his deposition and testimony.
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If Roger Clemensâs lawyers thought last weekâs hearing would resurrect his reputation, they made an expensive mistake.
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For the governmentÂs star witness in its case against Bernard J. Ebbers, the former chief of WorldCom, last weekÂs court appearance may seem like a breeze compared with the cross-examination he faces this week.
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Former Worldcom boss Bernie Ebbers, accused of overseeing an $11bn fraud, never made accounting decisions, a witness tells jurors.