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...actually had. Lay testified that he sold the shares back to the company - rather than through his broker on the open market, in which case they would have been immediately reported - because it was "a lot more efficient." That was "a very unconvincing explanation," in the view of one courtroom observer, Houston attorney Michael Wynne, who is building his own case against banks that funded Enron in its last days...
...testiness on the stand also got bad marks from courtroom observers. Lay accused the prosecutor, for example, of "mincing words" and making bizarre assumptions that made no business sense. "Lay is not helping himself by being so contentious, and frankly, arrogant," says Wynne. "He speaks with the cadence of Richard Nixon...
...talk before a crowd of 200 in Harvard Law School’s Ames Courtroom Friday, Flynt emphasized the need to “push the envelope” on the First Amendment, saying that he had spent his life fighting in “the trenches” and “had taken a bullet for free speech...
Take the compliment. Our career choice means we really do think that you--with your aches and pains--are more interesting than trading hot securities, more fun than a courtroom full of lawyers. Massaging the ego is the key to manipulating responsible types like doctors. When we feel your trust, you have...
...atrocious. Horrible. I had to look away. I plugged my ears and closed my eyes. I felt faint. Eventually, I left the courtroom. I felt terrible for the families of victims, people who had lost their loved ones in the attacks. What must they have felt?! I even felt bad for anyone else in America who'd be shocked. It made me feel sick for them. But it also proved a personal blow to me as well: I could actually see him digging his own grave each time he said such things...