Still, the ruling may help a few white-collar defendants, such as David Duncan, an Andersen partner and the only individual being held to account for the shredding.
Meanwhile, former Andersen partner David Duncan , who was in charge of the Enron audit, is himself in talks with the Justice Department about cooperating in the criminal case against Enron, the Wall Street Journal reports.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and chief executive David Gill met Lyn football director Andersen in Oslo on Monday to finalise a joint submission which must be handed to Fifa by 30 September.