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U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore in Houston last week threw out five convictions against Kevin Howard, the former vice president of finance for Enron Broadband Services (EBS), for his alleged role in a scheme to mislead investors about the Enron Corp. subsidiary’s finances.

U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore in Houston has thrown out five convictions against Kevin Howard, the former vice president of finance for Enron Broadband Services (EBS), for his alleged role in a scheme to mislead investors about the Enron Corp. subsidiary’s finances.

An administrative law judge (ALJ) last Wednesday recommended FERC approval of a settlement that resolves a number of issues raised in a complaint brought earlier this year by several Pennsylvania and New York agencies against National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

An administrative law judge (ALJ) Wednesday recommended FERC approval of a settlement that resolves a number of issues raised in a complaint brought earlier this year by several Pennsylvania and New York agencies against National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

Ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling will be standing alone when he’s sentenced in Houston on Monday. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, who presided over the four-month trial of Skilling and Enron founder Kenneth Lay, will pass the sentence, which experts expect to range between 20 and 30 years.

U.S. District Judge Sim Lake in Houston Tuesday vacated the conviction of Enron founder Kenneth Lay, who died in July. The decision threw out the jury’s verdict in May that Lay committed fraud and conspiracy in the months before Enron collapsed in late 2001 (see Daily GPI, July 6; May 26).

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling Tuesday lost a bid to have his convictions on 19 criminal counts overturned. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, who presided over the four-month trial of Skilling and Enron founder Kenneth Lay, gave no explanation last week when she denied Skilling’s request.

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling Tuesday lost a bid to have his convictions on 19 criminal counts overturned. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake, who presided over the four-month trial of Skilling and Enron founder Kenneth Lay, gave no explanation when she denied Skilling’s request.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has turned down petitioners who asked for a review of a Transportation Department order licensing Shell Gas and Power’s Gulf Landing LLC LNG import terminal offshore Louisiana.