R. Allen Stanford Fraud Trial Set For January….2011

The federal judge overseeing the criminal fraud trial of billionaire R. Allen Stanford has ruled that the trial will begin in January 2011, somewhat earlier than the defense had hoped. That means, however, that we have some time to parse the issues here. For now, you might want to review a chronology prepared by Reuters, available

at http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=USN1718359620091217, and an AP piece online at http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/17/business/AP-US-Stanford-Hearing.html?dbk.