Re: I'm confused
No. The illegality is whether or not you committed fraud. Not whether or not the person you conned should have known better. Or was greedy.
Yes, HP looks like a bunch of inbred lobotomized Chihuahuas suffering from Alzheimers and heavy lead contamination. And it is fair for the defence at trial to see whether or not they ran the business into the ground rather than overpaying. And are now trying to recoup post-acquisition mismanagement by claiming it was a (fraudulous) dud to start with.
Maybe another trial should be held for whatever external auditors signed off a $10B valuation.
Maybe Leo needs to clawed back every penny he was ever paid by HP for gross incompetence.
But _this_ trial is about whether the accounting was deliberately misrepresented by Autonomy’s senior management . Not whether it was misunderstood.
The victim may be stupid, but let’s clear or blame the alleged perpetrator.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
