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Via HouStoned, we see that everyone's favorite corporate scandal may be coming to the big screen soon: Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to produce and star in a film adaptation of Conspiracy of Fools, Kurt Eichenwald's book about EnronEnron's collapse. Entertainment Tonight reports that DiCaprio will play a newcomer to Enron "who discovers the corruption that leads to its bankruptcy implosion in 2001." So that would make him, what, maybe a male version of Sherron Watkins?... more ›

All the reporters who came to town this week to watch Jeff Skilling testify in the Enron trial will have to wait: Skilling's testimony has been pushed back to at least Monday because of longer-than-expected testimony from former Enron General Counsel Jim Derrick. On Thursday, Derrick discussed ex-CEO Skilling and ex-Chairman Ken Lay's role in the company's operations, saying Skilling and Lay signed off on fudged annual and quarterly reports based on lawyers' and accountants'... more ›

Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling must be getting tired of these pesky former Enron executives who keep taking the witness stand at their trial. The latest was Sherron Watkins, who wrote a memo to ex-Chairman Lay in 2001 warning about coming trouble in the company's finances and testified yesterday that she saw all kinds of shady business practices during her time at the Big E. Watkins told jurors that she went to work for ex-CFO... more ›

So the lawyers for ex-Enron bigwigs Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling have been looking at questionnaires sent to potential jurors in the dynamic duo's trial on conspiracy and fraud charges in connection with Enron's collapse. Hang on to your hats, becuase what they found is a shocker: People around here really don't think much of Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling. more ›