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RAIN 0514 Weekly Update: Legal (17)



East Anglian Daily Times 5/10/02
E-mails may be used in evidence
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/business/busStory...alist&ItemId=IPED08+May+2002+14%3A15%3A22%3A273


Wall St Journal 5/10/02
Andersen Now Claims Shredding
Of Documents Wasn't Improper
By JONATHAN WEIL and ALEXEI BARRIONUEVOL
Four months ago, when Arthur Andersen LLP publicly disclosed it
had discovered the destruction of thousands of e-mails and paper
documents related to Enron Corp., the firm said there was no doubt
that "Andersen's policies and reasonable good judgment were
violated."
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB102096733076...520,00.html?mod=special%5Fpage%5Fenron%5Fhs%5F1


AP 5/10/02
Partner Says He Was Never Instructed to Shred Documents
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2973-2002May10.html


Detroit Free Press 5/9/02
Tech exec accused of stealing secrets to get job
BY DAVID GOODMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In a case of alleged high-tech espionage, a Rochester
Hills software company executive faces criminal
charges and a lawsuit over accusations he stole highly
sensitive files and used them to land a job with a rival.
http://www.freep.com/news/locoak/nsecret9_20020509.htm


Philadelphia Inquirer 5/9/02
No slave coverage, insurer says
Ace Ltd. has found no evidence that Insurance Co. of North
America ever wrote policies on slaves or slave ships. Scholars
are skeptical.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/nation/3229373.htm



Shropshire Star 5/9/02
Records hitch revealed at fraud trial
No records were kept at a Telford-based training company of
vital assessments of motor industry NVQ candidates, it was
alleged at a fraud trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/may02/9th/courtcase2.asp


AP 5/9/02
Andersen partner says mass shredding is common housekeeping practice
Thu May 9, 6:24 AM ET
By MARK BABINECK, Associated Press Writer
HOUSTON - It is common practice for auditors at Arthur Andersen LLP's office in Houston to shred large volumes of extraneous documents after letting them pile up needlessly, according to a partner called to testify in the firm's obstruction of justice trial.
James Hecker, an audit partner at Andersen who never worked on the Enron Corp. account, testified Wednesday that he often allowed paperwork to accumulate over months of work, sometimes in amounts that would pile 20 feet (6 meters) high if stacked.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020509/ap_wo_en_bu/us_andersen_trial_13


New York Times 5/8/02
Californians Call Enron Documents
the Smoking Gun
By JOSEPH KAHN
LOS ANGELES, May 7 — Documents showing that Enron manipulated
California's power market were described today by politicians, lawyers
and consumer groups as the smoking gun they needed to help recover billions
of dollars they say the state was overcharged by Enron and other companies
for electricity in 2000 and 2001.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/08/business/08ENRO.html?pagewanted=print&position=top


The Globe and Mail 5/8/02
Andersen defends shredding in court
Says government is trying to ruin firm
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/GIS.Servlet...ricasHeadline&current_row=3&start_row=3&num_rows=1


New York Times 5/7/02
Wall St. Firms Said to Break E-Mail Rule
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
ome Wall Street firms have advised securities regulators investigating
possible conflicts of interest among stock analysts that they have not
retained e-mail messages as required by law, according to people close
to the investigations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/business/07WALL.html?pagewanted=print&position=top


New York Times 5/7/02
Enron Forced Up California Energy Prices, Documents Show
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JEFF GERTH
ASHINGTON, May 6 — Electricity traders at Enron drove up
prices during the California power crisis through questionable
techniques that company lawyers said "may have contributed" to severe
power shortages, according to internal Enron documents released today by
federal regulators.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/business/07ENRO.html?pagewanted=print&position=top



The Age 5/7/02
Big Brother is looking to read your email
By Nicole Manktelow
Police are increasingly turning to Internet Service Providers in a
bid to fight crime - both online and off - but is this growing
relationship doomed to endanger the privacy of Australian
Internet users?
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/04/1019441450994.html


Chicago Tribune 5/7/02
Feds: Andersen took shredding 'window'
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-020507andersen.story?coll=chi%2Dbusiness%2Dhed


Houston Chronicle 5/7/02
Andersen trial to focus on motive for shredding
By MARY FLOOD
A federal jury chosen Monday will hear opening arguments and some testimony today in the document shredding trial against Arthur Andersen.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/topstory2/1399740


Wall St Journal 5/7/02
U.S. to Say Andersen Officials Knew
Of Efforts to Cover Up Enron Mess
Prosecutors Are Set to Unveil Evidence of Obstruction
As Opening Arguments in Firm's Criminal Trial Begin
By JOHN R. WILKE, ANITA RAGHAVAN, and ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Federal prosecutors will present evidence Tuesday that senior partners
and lawyers at Arthur Andersen LLP knew about the alleged effort to
cover up the accounting firm's role in flawed Enron Corp. audits, lawyers
close to the case said.
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/0,4287,SB1020724038541918560,00.html


Chicago Trial 5/7/02
Testimony Opens in Andersen Trial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-andersen-trial0507may07.story?coll=chi%2Dbusiness%2Dhed


The Mercury News 5/6/02
Enron memos reveal tactics used
against California during energy crisis
By Jim Puzzanghera
Mercury News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Employing sophisticated tactics with catchy
names like ``Death Star'' and ``Get Shorty,'' Enron power
traders manipulated wholesale electricity during California's
energy crisis, according to internal company memos released
Monday by federal regulators.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/3211436.htm




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va