Enron's Lay Gets Two Trials
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Former Enron chair Ken Lay has been pressing to be tried on his own. A judge may have just given Lay more than he bargained for, as prosecutors ready for what could be one of the biggest corporate crime prosecutions in history.
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A U.S. federal judge, who originally dismissed claims against Barclays Plc  in a $40 billion lawsuit, ruled Enron Corp. investors may file an amended complaint detailing charges that the bank helped hide financial misdeeds that led to the energy giant's collapse.
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A federal court on Tuesday ruled that former Enron Corp. chairman Ken Lay should be tried alongside former executives Jeffrey Skilling and Richard Causey on charges linked to the disgraced energy company&#39;s collapse.
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Kenneth Lay built Enron Corp. into one  of the world&#039;s most powerful energy companies, but the  financial scandals that caused its demise also ruined Lay&#039;s  reputation.
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The criminal case against two former  Enron Corp. Internet executives was handed to the jury on  Monday to decide whether the men helped operate a fraudulent  deal that hid the business&#039; weak finances.
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The automated signature machine did it. Attorneys for Kenneth Lay suggested bank loan documents containing terms he allegedly violated actually were signed by an automatic signature device in the Enron Corp. founder&#039;s office and not by him.
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Former Enron Corp. chief executives Ken   Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were found guilty on Thursday of lying   about their company's troubled finances in one of the biggest   U.S. business scandals and could face years in prison.
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A FIRST Enron executive to face criminal charges has been found guilty along with four former Merrill Lynch bankers in a conspiracy and fraud trial that, while a sideline to the Enron scandal, leads the way to further prosecutions.
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Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the wife of former Enron Corp.  Chairman Kenneth Lay illegally sold shares in the company just before it went bankrupt, a lawyer for Lay said on Wednesday.
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_ An alleged side deal between Enron Corp. and Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. in 1999 shows how Enron was willing to employ suspect financial practices to meet lofty earnings targets, prosecutors said.
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After three postponements, the first criminal trial involving former energy giant Enron Corp. is finally scheduled to begin today in federal court in Houston.
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As the first criminal trial stemming from the financial deals at Enron opened in Houston on Monday, it is notable as much for who is not among the six defendants as who is - and for how little money was involved compared with how much in other Enron
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The first criminal trial involving former executives of the now infamous energy company, Enron, begins today in a case that could have a crucial bearing on future trials of the company&#39;s top officials.
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The Enron executives now face the prospect of decades in prison, but the judge's broad jury instructions give them a chance of reversing their convictions
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Federal prosecutors are investigating  whether the wife of former Enron Corp. ENRNQ.PK Chairman  Kenneth Lay illegally sold shares in the company just before it  went bankrupt, a lawyer for Lay said on Wednesday.
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Former Enron Corp.  Chairman Ken Lay and former chief executive Jeffrey Skilling asked a federal court to move their trial out of Houston, arguing in a filing on Monday that any jury in Enron's hometown would be biased.
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The imprisoned former Enron chief executive asked for a new trial, saying the Justice Department used incorrect legal theories and 'âcoercive and abusive tacticsâ' to win a conviction.