Enron's Banks Lose Bid to Combine Lawsuits for Trial

Bloomberg, Thom Weidlich, 7 February 2007Merrill Lynch & Co., Credit Suisse Group and Barclays Plc, three former lenders to Enron Corp., lost a bid to consolidate in one trial three lawsuits brought by the defunct energy trader's investors.U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon in Houston today denied the request, as well as a motion by the lead plaintiff, the Regents of the University of California,