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...putting Skilling on trial," Androphy says. "Lay would love to blame Skilling for all the evils that occurred at Enron. Skilling was there. He was hands-on. It's not the same for Lay." Lay, however, may turn out to be a better witness, says Houston attorney David Berg, author of The Trial Lawyer: What It Takes to Win. "You're going to see a charm offensive," Berg says. "Jurors give verdicts to people they like. And I think Ken Lay is an incredibly likable...
...securities fraud charges against Lay. While the defense trumpeted the dismissals, Wynne, a former prosecutor, notes that charges are often dropped to speed up jury deliberation and help jurors to focus on the crucial charges at the heart of the case. Overall, the government's case crushed the defense, Berg believes. "It was deeper and wider than anyone in that courtroom expected," he says...
...Berg believes the burden of proof has risen for the government. "It gives [the defense] hope because their entire defense is that (a) they were unaware of any criminal behavior, and (b) the company really wasn't in financial trouble. Now the jury is going to have to believe they knew of all the elements of the crimes alleged against them," says Berg...
...ruling has put more attention on the instructions that Judge Simeon T. Lake ultimately will give to the jury in the Enron trial. "In the Enron trial there's going to be a battle royal over a jury instruction known as deliberate ignorance," says Houston attorney David Berg, author of The Trial Lawyer: What It Takes to Win. " In Lay and Skilling's case it's, 'I didn't know what was going on in the company.' Deliberate-ignorance jury instructions have held a person criminally liable when their denial of knowledge doesn't make sense. But now the judge...
...gene expression process. Xie’s study was funded in part by the prestigious National Institute of Science Director’s Pioneer Award, which provides half-a-million dollars per year for five years of research. Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences Jeremy M. Berg said of Xie’s research, “He’s a real pioneer....This is exactly the type of research we really hoped to encourage with the Director’s Pioneer award.” The study was co-authored by graduate student Long...