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23 Apr 2024, 1:21 pm by Geoff Schweller
The campaign, spearheaded by FBI whistleblowers Jane Turner and Fred Whitehurst, Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins, Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower Bunnatine Greenhouse, and Second Chance body armor whistleblower Aaron Westrick, has resulted in thousands of letters being sent to the White House. [read post]
Jeffrey Skilling, the failed CEO of Enron at the time of its implosion, was convicted of an impressive 19 crimes, including 12 counts of securities fraud. [read post]
19 Apr 2024, 10:14 am by Howard Bashman
“The Supreme Court Asks What Enron Has to Do with January 6th — and Trump; The former President notwithstanding, the government’s position in Fischer v. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 9:05 pm by renholding
Section 406 is an important component of the broader Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), which was enacted in 2002 following major corporate accounting scandals involving, for example, Enron and WorldCom to bolster investor trust in publicly listed companies by enhancing financial reporting and accountability standards. [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by renholding
With respect to the former, it’s been referred to as one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history, and it’s principal architect was recently sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.[1] Tellingly, John Ray, who was appointed FTX CEO as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, observed that “in his 40 years of legal and restructuring experience,” which included the Enron bankruptcy, he had never seen “such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a… [read post]
18 Apr 2024, 7:14 am by Ellena Erskine
Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court makes it easier to sue for job discrimination over forced transfers (Mark Sherman, The Associated Press) The Supreme Court Asks What Enron Has to Do with January 6th—and Trump (Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker) Will the Supreme Court’s GI Bill ruling mean more money for vets? [read post]
The statute, which was part of the Corporate Fraud and Accountability Act of 2002, was originally passed after the Enron scandal to create a crime for individuals intending to destroy or attempt to destroy documents or other evidence so they could not be used in an “official proceeding. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 5:11 am
United States, the case about charging January 6th defendants with violating a federal statute that arose out of the Enron scandal and was aimed at the destruction of documents.What fits the statute under the government's interpretation? [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 1:34 pm by Amy Howe
§ 1512(c)(2), enacted as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the wake of the Enron scandal. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 11:32 am by Howard Bashman
Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Questions Jan. 6 Charge That Could Affect Hundreds of Cases; Justices to decide whether Enron-era obstruction law applies to rioters’ disruption of Congress. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 5:34 am
The question the justices will consider is whether a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, enacted in the wake of the collapse of the energy giant Enron, covers the conduct of a former police officer, Joseph W. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 5:29 am by Samuel Estreicher and Samuel Ball
Section 304, enacted in response to the Enron scandal, is triggered when an issuer “is required to prepare an accounting restatement” because of material noncompliance caused by misconduct. 15 U.S. [read post]
16 Apr 2024, 5:17 am by jonathanturley
It was part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and has been described as “prompted by the exposure of Enron’s massive accounting fraud and revelations that the company’s outside auditor, Arthur Andersen LLP, had systematically destroyed potentially incriminating documents. [read post]
15 Apr 2024, 10:50 am by Marcia Coyle
§ 1512(c)(2), It is part of a larger statute, known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which was enacted by Congress in 2002 in response to the Enron accounting fraud. [read post]
14 Apr 2024, 5:30 pm by Howard Bashman
” And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Jan. 6 Case Pulls Conservative Supreme Court in Two Directions; One in four Jan. 6 defendants charged with Enron-era statute; Defendants say ill-fitting law unfair as applied to riot. [read post]
9 Apr 2024, 7:16 am by Amy Howe
More than 300 other Jan. 6 defendants have been charged with violating the law, which was enacted as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the wake of the Enron scandal. [read post]
8 Apr 2024, 9:43 am by qbaron
Professors Julie Roin, played by Elise Gramlich, ’24, and Anna-Maria Marshall, played by Cordell Brown, ’24, audition for the symposium keynote by suggesting bringing Enron back and repealing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to the tune of “Sexy Back. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 5:23 pm by Karina Lytvynska
This situation is common in bankruptcy auctions, where companies, including notable examples like Enron and Kodak, have sold the rights to their names and logos. [read post]