I don't think ever before have Wall Street banks and investors jointly petitioned the SEC to require more disclosure in public offerings.

I certainly anticipate that we would see several other large settlements.

Citigroup was a substantial participant as a financial institution involved in Enron. ... This will have a salutary effect on the others.

The settlement reflects the level of involvement from CIBC, and reflects the fact they waited for others to settle before them, and that reflects the settlement amount,

They wanted to bring us clients for one-third of our fee, and we refused to do that.

It's always better to live with whatever the facts are, however bad they are, than destroy the evidence.

It sends a very serious message to those banks that have not yet settled that they better get about settling soon or they are going to pay more and more as time goes by,

They are going to cross their fingers, sign, and pray for the best,

They feel they want to maximize whatever recovery they can.

These books were cooked by Lay and the other top executives, who put hundreds of millions of dollars in their pockets, while the employees of Enron were victimized and hundreds of thousands of other investors lost billions of dollars,