Charges against HP’s Dunn dismissed
p2pnet.net news:- Patricia Dunn, the ex-chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard, has had corporate spying charges against her, dismissed.
“The ruling by Superior Court Judge Ray Cunningham, which came after the state attorney general had reduced the charges against all four defendants, marked a decisive turning point in the corporate spying scandal that ruptured the reputation of one of the Silicon Valley’s most revered companies and focused national attention on pretexting, the use of false identities to obtain private information,” says The San Francisco Chronicle.
“With the decision, Dunn, who was forced to give up her positions as director and chairwoman as a result of the scandal, eluded a long, debilitating trial that could have adversely affected her health while exposing more details of HP’s botched probe of boardroom leaks to journalists.”
The defendants’ lawyers, “argued that their clients did not commit a crime, in part because they acted without criminal intent,” says The New York Times. “James J. Brosnahan, a lawyer for Ms. Dunn, said she consulted accomplished lawyers before approving an investigation that ultimately involved pretexting, and was told that she was acting within the law.”
However, says the Chronicle, it’s, “unclear how the outcome will affect the federal investigation of the HP scandal,” quoting justice department spokesman Luke Macaulay as saying the federal investigation is continuing.
Also See:
The San Francisco Chronicle – Court dismisses charges against former HP chair, March 15, 2007
The New York Times – Charges Dismissed in Hewlett-Packard Spying Case, March 15, 2007
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