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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The Supreme Court takes up two of its three honest-services fraud cases tomorrow. The most prominent case -- that of one Jeffrey Skilling -- won't be heard until 2010. But in hearing the others, it will begin to address what has become quite the controversial law. John Schwartz of The New York Times : The honest-services law, on the federal books since 1988, broadly requires that public...
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in two cases that explore whether a federal 'honest services' law is too vague. A third case, to be heard later, involves the anti-corruption methods used in convicting former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling.
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New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
... Conrad Black, former Alaska state legislator Bruce Weyhrauch and former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling." DOJ's manipulation case against BP traders crumbles "The criminal case against four BP natural-gas traders looked like a textbook prosecution. But there was a problem: The law used to indict the traders had only been used once before, and it contains a loophole...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to a string of white-collar cases including the conviction of the former Enron chief executive, Jeffrey Skilling. The law, initially intended to target political corruption, allows for the prosecution of individuals who deprive constituents, or shareholders, of their entitlement to so-called "honest services". Black, Skilling and other critics contend that its definition...
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Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
At Your (Honest) Service? The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two "honest services" fraud cases next week. The court has also agreed to review the case of convicted Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling involving similar issues. Skilling's case will be argued early next year. Skilling was convicted of one conspiracy count which could implicate the honest...
