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Litigation

Mar. 6, 2013

Judge appoints lead counsel in HP shareholder suits

A San Diego-based partner won a cutthroat race to steer part of the shareholder litigation against Hewlett-Packard Co. after persuading a federal judge to appoint him as sole lead counsel for institutional investors.


By Rachel Swan


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A San Diego-based lawyer won a cutthroat race to steer part of the shareholder litigation against Hewlett-Packard Co. after persuading a federal judge to appoint him as sole lead counsel for institutional investors.


The case - which stemmed from 12 complaints filed after HP's acquisition of Autonomy Corp. led to an $8.8 billion writedown - had scads of attorneys jockeying for position in a San Fra...

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