This morning came the news that John Taylor “J.T.” Skilling, son of former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling, has died of an apparent drug overdose. My condolences, and prayers, go out to the Skilling family at this time of loss. One wonders whether Jeff Skilling might have been able to impact his son’s life in a…
The United States Supreme Court took a substantial step toward doing just that yesterday when it vacated Skilling’s conviction under the federal “honest services” wire fraud statute, and remanded the case to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to determine whether Skilling’s conviction on other charges against him was so tainted by the government’s reliance…
