400 Enron employees lodge lawsuit against bosses

More than 400 current and former employees of the US firm Enron have lodged a lawsuit against several of the companies top officials in an effort to recover retirement funds lost when the company filed for bankruptcy.

The suit, one of several filed by Enron employees, claims company bosses encouraged employees to buy stock as it plummeted in value without disclosing that Enron was in dire financial straits.