Skilling Seeks En Banc Rehearing In Enron Case

By Ben James

Law360, New York (January 20, 2009, 12:00 AM ET) -- Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling is challenging a federal appeals court's recent decision to uphold his 2006 convictions for allegedly taking part in a conspiracy to conceal Enron's financial woes, asking for an en banc rehearing in the case.

Skilling filed a petition seeking the en banc rehearing, as well as another petition for a panel rehearing, on Tuesday with the U.S. Court for Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit upheld his May 2006 convictions in...
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