Read more Conrad Black stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3068/conrad-black.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:20:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71582/supreme-court-to-hear-enron-ceos-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s appeal of his fraud conviction in connection with the company's collapse. The appeal argues that the federal “honest services” statute, a favorite for prosecutors tackling white collar criminals, is flawed because the government needn’t prove that the defendant’s...http://www.newser.com/story/71582/supreme-court-to-hear-enron-ceos-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 9:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59359/supreme-court-shoots-down-jeffersons-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Supreme Court today refused to hear William Jefferson’s appeal, meaning the former New Orleans congressman’s corruption case is headed for trial, the Times-Picayune reports. The court will, however, consider overturning the fraud conviction against former media mogul Conrad Black and two of his compatriots.http://www.newser.com/story/59359/supreme-court-shoots-down-jeffersons-appeal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 11:44:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54860/sun-times-files-for-bankruptcy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sun-Times Media Group, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times , today announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, in the hope of “making the company fit for a buyer.” Unlike the also-bankrupt owner of its competitor, the Tribune, the Sun-Times has just one debtor: Uncle Sam. The IRS says...http://www.newser.com/story/54860/sun-times-files-for-bankruptcy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 9:43:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45602/black-berates-newser-founder-from-jail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConvicted felon Conrad Black has skipped time in the exercise yard to pen a review from prison of the new biography of his old rival Rupert Murdoch. Black complains that biographer Michael Wolff is at once too deferential and takes "extreme psychological liberties" in The Man Who Owns the News....http://www.newser.com/story/45602/black-berates-newser-founder-from-jail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 13:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43324/conrad-black-asks-bush-for-clemency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnetime media mogul Conrad Black is seeking clemency from President Bush in hopes that his 6½-year jail sentence will be commuted, the CBC reports. Black, the former chair of newspaper firm Hollinger International, was convicted on fraud and obstruction of justice charges in 2007 for channeling $6 million from his...http://www.newser.com/story/43324/conrad-black-asks-bush-for-clemency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Nov 2008 9:49:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/30459/nixonland-gets-excellent-prez-utterly-wrong.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe biography Nixonland is a hatchet job on an “excellent president,” media mogul Conrad Black (from behind bars) writes in the New York Sun , picking apart author Rick Perlstein’s slights—and reminding of the profound accomplishments of the 37th president. Beyond crediting Nixon with coarsening the political discourse permanently, Perlstein...http://www.newser.com/story/30459/nixonland-gets-excellent-prez-utterly-wrong.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Jun 2008 16:46:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21669/conrad-black-appeals-prison-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLawyers for former newspaper mogul Conrad Black appealed his 6½-year prison term for fraud today, arguing that the jury received bad instructions and that the evidence failed to prove he had knowledge of shady dealings, reports Canada's National Post . Black was convicted of bilking about $6 million from Hollinger International,...http://www.newser.com/story/21669/conrad-black-appeals-prison-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Mar 2008 21:30:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20640/conrad-black-starts-6-year-prison-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEx-newspaper mogul Conrad Black arrived at a Florida prison today to start his 6-and-1/2 year term for fraud and obstruction of justice, Reuters reports. He stayed mum as his wife drove him in, but is appealing the ruling that he helped bilk his former company of $6.1 million. "My...http://www.newser.com/story/20640/conrad-black-starts-6-year-prison-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Mar 2008 18:54:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20344/swindler-black-ordered-to-jail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer media tycoon Conrad Black, convicted of swindling millions from his newspaper empire, will be behind bars by Monday night, reports the Chicago Sun-Tribune . A Chicago court ruled that he couldn't remain free on bail while awaiting a decision on his appeal. Black has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in...http://www.newser.com/story/20344/swindler-black-ordered-to-jail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 Feb 2008 4:00:00 CST