There are those who believe that, despite the list of 100 charges against the three former senior executives at the law firm, there might not have been criminal breaches in the actions that the prosecutors highlighted. One juror said: 'I see a law firm that folded over and made a whole lot of mistakes. I don’t see a crime in those mistakes.'
Crossing the line
And columnist Reynolds Holding said in a piece for the Breakingviews blog on Reuters: 'It’s unclear the alleged wrongdoing was even illegal. Backdating checks, counting partner contributions as revenue and other shenanigans may cross the line but don’t stray far from typical number-crunching methodologies.' Source: ABA
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