by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Mon, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
Chapter 19: The Last Chance They filed an appeal of Judge Werlein’s denial of a new trial on the perjury and obstruction convictions. A few weeks later, Nicholas Marsh committed suicide, as already mentioned in Chapter One. That brought the prosecutorial misconduct...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Sat, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
BOHICA: On March 19, 2007, the Fifth Circuit issued its decision in Regents, a civil suit against several large banks that had done transactions with Enron, including Merrill Lynch in the Barge transaction. The Fifth Circuit reversed the decision and held that the...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Fri, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
Chapter 7: Supreme Reversals April 27, 2005. Ms. Powell was invited to sit in on the oral argument before the Supreme Court by Maureen Mahoney. Assistant Solicitor General Michael Dreeben argued the case for the government. The Supreme Court included Chief Justice...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Fri, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
Chapter 5: Nailing the Coffins The judge made the following errors: At the prosecutors’ request, he expanded the already broad definition of conspiracy (which requires an “agreement”) beyond all prior boundaries by adding “or understanding.” He did not give the...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Jan, Thu, 2017 | Licensed to Lie |
Chapter 2 Chapter 2 is the actual beginning of the story behind Licensed to Lie. It is the attack on the Enron Corporation. The characters in the scenario are: Enron Executives: Jeffrey Skilling, CEO Andrew Fastow, CFO Ken Lay, Chairman Jeff McMahon, treasurer Ben...