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Judge says Enron's Skilling can seek new trial

By Reuters

Former Enron Corp Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling is reviving his quest for a new trial based on evidence his legal team received from prosecutors long after he was convicted of 19 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors. (May 25)

MORE TOPICS: COURT, SUPREME COURT, LAWYER, INSIDER TRADING

Harvard Apologizes For Updates On The Life Of The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski's In Its Red Book

By IBTimes

The Harvard Alumni Association apologized for an entry in the 50th anniversary report for the class of 1962 in which Ted Kaczynski, the man known as the Unabomber who is serving multiple life sentences, updated his awards and current job title. (May 25)

MORE TOPICS: ADVERTISING, MICHIGAN, NEW JERSEY

JPMorgan's Dimon to testify before Congress in June

By Reuters UK

JPMorgan Chase <JPM.N> Chief Executive Jamie Dimon has been invited to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on June 7 to give lawmakers insight into the bank's trading loss of at least $2 billion (1.27 billion pounds), Senator Tim Johnson said on Friday. (May 25)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, SEC, JPMORGAN CHASE, MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT, LONDON

Murdoch private eye targeted U.S. hedge fund boss

By Reuters

A private detective working for Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers used a legally questionable tactic to obtain a hotel bill that a New York financier ran up at one of London's swankest hotels, records reviewed by Reuters show. (May 25)

MORE TOPICS: GOLDMAN SACHS, NEW YORK, LONDON

Pedro Hernandez, Man Who Admitted To Murdering Etan Patz, Placed On Suicide Watch: Hernandez's Sister Hopes For Justice For Patz

By IBTimes

Pedro Hernandez, the former SoHo bodega stock boy who confessed to the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz 33 years after the boy disappeared, was taken to Bellevue Hospital and placed on suicide watch. Authorities promptly put him the hospital after he t... (May 25)

MORE TOPICS: THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, LAWYER

Felix Roque Arrested: New Jersey Mayor and Son Joseph Roque Charged With Hacking Opponents’ Web Site

By IBTimes

Felix Roque, the Democratic Mayor of West New York, N.J., and son Joseph Roque have both been arrested on charges of hacking into a website and various emails in an effort to identify the parties plotting to rally against him. (May 25)

MORE TOPICS: FACEBOOK, COURT, THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY

Email, wiretaps, at trial link Gupta to Rajaratnam

By Reuters

Using FBI wiretaps, email, phone records and the testimony of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc <GS.N> director, U.S. prosecutors drew a picture for jurors on Thursday of events that led to the insider-trading trial of onetime corporate star Rajat Gupta. (May 24)

MORE TOPICS: RAJ RAJARATNAM, GOLDMAN SACHS, COURT, RUSSIA, NEW YORK, MANAGEMENT

Mickey Shunick Missing Without A Trace As Volunteers Retrace Bike Route

By IBTimes

Dozens of people gathered to retrace the route that was taken by the Louisa college student Michaela "Mickey" Shunick, who mysteriously vanished while out for a bike ride last Saturday. (May 24)

Etan Patz Case May Be Closer To Solution As NY Police Say Suspect Implicates Himself

By IBTimes

There's a glimmer of hope that authorities may finally solve the 33-year-old cold case of Etan Patz, a boy who disappeared in 1979 while on his way to the school bus stop. (May 24)

MORE TOPICS: NEW YORK

Kim Dotcom, Megaupload Founder, Demands Access To Seized Property To Defend Himself

By IBTimes

Kim "Dotcom" Schmitz, the German-born founder of Megaupload, is now looking to defend himself in court, but in order to do so, he has demanded that his hard drives and his computers -- all 135 of them -- be returned to him so he can use the data for his defense. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: COURT, LAWYER, JUDICIARY