HP is not pursuing the widow. They are seeking restoration from the estate for his fraud.
Bereaved or not, three billion is three billion.
Yeah, even though Mike Lynch God rest his soul has passed, I am sure he was no angel when it came to business.
The bankruptcy referee in the Madoff case got $7.2 billion from the widow of one of Madoff’s associates. The widow agreed to the settlement, apparently because she had a conscience.
Why didn’t HP try to send their CEO in jail for buying Compaq back in the 90s?
The company should not be getting bad press over this. A legal claim won is a legal claim won and that a death occurs between the verdict and the payment changes nothing. An heir who receives the assets that should have helped pay the claim is not due any apologies for contiuned pursuit of the payment from those assets.