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September 28, 2006
HP Phishing Scandal Continues
Hearings today about the HP Phishing expedition at the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Yesterday the committee released written from Patricia Dunn, the former HP Chairwoman. She claims the probe had the approval of other senior executives at HP. Apparently, the whole thing came to light because Tom Perkins of Kleiner, Perkins forced HP to make a public disclosure in an SEC statement. He wanted the world to know why he quit the board.
Meanwhile, HP's general counsel Ann Baskins, who had claimed that the investigation was "Well done and within legal limits," quit her job.
Mr. Sonsini will testify today. That should be interesting... Details here.
As stated in an earlier post, Sonsini has been a key lawyer in Silicon Valley for years. I remember his firm played an active role back in the mind 1980s with a number of early PC startups. Interesting quote from Paul Saffo in that same article:
"'It's getting to be open season on Larry,' said Paul Saffo, a who has been following Silicon Valley trends for more than 20 years. 'Larry has been around the valley forever. He has got a lot of skeletons in his closet.'"
Posted by DavidK at September 28, 2006 09:11 AM | Permalink