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...Trial experts predict that Lay's defense, handled by famed attorney Mike Ramsey (who won an acquittal for accused millionaire murderer Robert Durst), will be that he was not aware that Enron was cooking the books. "The problem is, he's a Ph.D. economist," says Wynne. "It's going to be a very hard sell." Plus, says Wynne, if he wasn't involved in the business, why was he drawing such a large salary? "Lay's basic response is, 'I wasn't there. I wasn't around. And I was kept in the dark about what was going on,'" says...
...Daniel Petrocelli told TIME. "I'm going to be real clear to the jury [in closing arguments] about conduct that is appropriate. You can't try business cases in a criminal courtroom unless you've got real solid evidence that a crime has been committed." Said Lay attorney Mike Ramsey: "Clearly there's got to be a connection between business judgments and specific intent. That bright line is being erased by these prosecutions, and the Supreme Court and the appellate court are having none of it." Enron trial prosecutor Sean Berkowitz declined to offer comment to TIME on the ruling...
...Petrocelli is finished with Fastow, but the defense isn't. His cross-examination will continue Monday morning, when Ken Lay?s defense attorney, Michael Ramsey, picks up where Petrocelli left off. Courtroom observers are impressed with the case the prosecution is building up and warn that keeping Fastow on the stand risks taking the focus away from the defendants. "Fastow?s testimony was dangerous for both sides,? said Houston attorney David Berg, author of The Trial Lawyer: What It Takes to Win. "If the government is smart, it will close down its case as soon...
...original eight-member team included former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. After the defense lawyers walked out of the courtroom last week, they were replaced with a new, court-appointed team, but Saddam and the other defendants refuse to attend the trial until the new chief judge resigns. Members of the defense team have said they have been denied access to pieces of evidence against their clients...
...Counter seating will serve eat-and-run customers. Those looking to linger will find soft lighting and plush chairs. Mingling teens can cram tables together in a flexible seating area. "It's something [McDonald's] should have done years ago," says restaurant analyst Howard Penney of Friedman Billings Ramsey. The design suggests a certain coffee chain, but Penney says it could give McDonald's an edge over fast-food rivals...