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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: Mike Lynch not guilty of defrauding HP
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:17:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-06-13, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
> And I don't think buyer not checking information provided by
> seller is a good argument for that false information does
> not mean fraud.
>

A buyer has a duty to evaluate whether the information they are
being told is correct or not. HP clearly did not carry out this
process to the standards required and expected. In fact, wasn't
one of the senior HP employees who actively warned about buying
Autonomy either moved aside by HP or just ignored ?

Simon.

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