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BDO International Escapes Liability for Mistakes of Member Firm


by Thomas R. Manisero View Biography
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP View Firm Credentials
New York Office

William J. Kelly View Biography
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP View Firm Credentials
White Plains Office

H. Steven Vogel View Biography
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP View Firm Credentials
Miami Office

July 9, 2009

Previously published on June 2009

In a case closely watched by the accounting profession, a jury took only one hour to render a verdict in favor of BDO International (now known as BDO Global Coordination B.V.), saving that company, the umbrella organization of the BDO network, from huge vicarious liability for the acts of one of its member firms, BDO Seidman.


 

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