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Tanner would like to be paid by SCO for a "July" ERISA audit

By Pamela Jones et al.

Tanner LC has filed an interim bill for July in the SCO bankruptcy. Every entry is listed as "ERISA Audit". The total bill is $6,000, plus $226 in expenses. The header on Exhibit A says this:

Summary of Tanner LC fees from 7/1/2010 through 7/31/2010, by professional and service

So it purports to be for July of this year. But the dates in the itemized list run from March 3, 2010 through July of 2010. I can't explain it, since it seems contradictory. The expenses also are not just for July, beginning with a $5 phone call by "Hansen" dated 06/22/2010. I'm pretty sure that isn't July, unless SCO is still floating around in its own little world.

When you look at page 9, you see Tanner reciting to the court that on September 8, 2010, it was authorized by order [PDF] of the court to audit the Debtors' 401(k) plan for the year ended December 31, 2009, nunc pro tunc to March 31, 2010, the date of the Letter of Engagement [PDF], nunc pro tunc meaning going back to that date. At first one might think that maybe Tanner included all the bills, then, from March 31 onward and just called it a July bill. But the bill includes that entry for March 4th, prior to the engagement date, so that can't be it. Weird.

Full post as published by Groklaw on September 15, 2010 (boomark / email).