In Pari Delicto: Can A Law Make It Go Away?
Pete Brush at Law.com did a story last week about a story about in pari delicto, the adverse interest exception, and holding third-parties like auditors liable for fraud in bankruptcy cases. I was quoted.
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In Pari Delicto: Are Auditors Equally At Fault In The Big Fraud Cases?
/16 Comments/in AIG, Fraud, Latest, Pure Content, The Case Against The AuditorsThe way I see it, the in pari delicto doctrine is being used like a pair of needle nosed pliers by audit firm defense lawyers to diffuse the bomb – huge liability for some of the biggest frauds in history. The in pari delicto doctrine attempts to pull the auditors’ tails from the fire by excusing any of their guilty acts due to the approval of those acts by potentially equally guilty executives.