Color coded chart showing the chronology of Conflicted Representation with hyperlinks into the Revised Complaint. This chart is Exhibit X of the Revised Complaint.
PriceWaterhouseCoopers ("PWC") was spanked by the judge in the Aureal Inc. bankruptcy proceedings. Legal misconduct by PWC was found to have been performed with the assistance of Aureal's bankruptcy counsel Hennigan, Bennett, and Dorman ("HBD"). PWC was simultaneously a client of HBD, a fact that does not appear to have been disclosed in any of the sworn declarations as required from HBD as part of their fee requests.
The Court found that a 29 day failure to disclose a conflict in relation to PWC was "purposeful" and warranted the disgorgement of legal fees. In comparison the Revised Complaint details multiple failures to disclose a conflict by HBD of 90 days and 239 days involving two separate representations with their conflicting client Argo Partner concurrent with the bankruptcy case. |