No doubt using the inauguration of Barack Obama as cover, Enron's Jeff Skilling took the opportunity on January 20th to ask the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear his appeal, seeking to have his 19 count conviction overturned. Skilling began serving a 24 year prison term in 2006. Earlier in the month he was succesful in getting at least some time shaved off of his sentence, although not so much as he would have liked. Get the handicap on Skilling's chances for further success via this piece from The Houston Chronicle.

And incidentally, look for some quote love for Wayne State's Peter Henning in both this article and the Steve Job's article below. Peter is a prince of a guy, a friend of the blog and helped found the White Collar Crime Prof's blog, which should be on your regular reading list.

-- MDT