Reasonable Inquiry Requires Plaintiffs to Discover Their Injury

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, BDO Seidman, LLP (“BDO”) allegedly engaged in a multibillion-dollar fraudulent tax scheme that negatively affected thousands of its clients. Filipowski v. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, 2022 IL App (1st) 211352-U, ¶ 2, appeal pending (Mar Term 2023). During this time, BDO retained the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP (the “Firm”) to provide it with legal counsel and services. In the early 2000s, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), the U.S. Senate, and…
By: Armstrong Teasdale LLP