E-Discovery Trends for 2019: Acquisitions and Autonomy
Profile: Sharon Fisher
It turns out that, for 2019, there were really only two E-discovery stories: The continuing consolidation of the E-discovery marketplace, and the ongoing train wreck that is the HP-Autonomy merger and the lawsuits that have followed in its wake. Yes, that was a mixed metaphor. Well, okay,...
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Counsel, Judge Beat up on HP Execs in HP-Autonomy Fraud Trial
Profile: Sharon Fisher
It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Two former major HP executives – coincidentally, both women – testified last week in the Autonomy fraud case, and both got pushback from opposition counsel, with one even getting criticized by the judge.
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Autonomy Civil Lawsuit Against CEO Mike Lynch Starts
Profile: Sharon Fisher
In what is sure to be the most exciting incident involving international accounting you’ll hear about all year, HP is suing Autonomy founder and CEO Mike Lynch for what it says is the way he deceived the U.S. company about the U.K. company’s profitability before its 2011 purchase. As you may...
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Another Shoe Falls as Autonomy CEO is Indicted
Profile: Sharon Fisher
Okay, I know I just wrote about Autonomy earlier this month, but after months of silence, news is occurring again. The latest: former CEO Mike Lynch is being charged with...
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The HP-Autonomy Merger Officially Sucks
Profile: Sharon Fisher
Well, it’s official. The 2011 acquisition of Autonomy by Hewlett-Packard was the sixth-worst corporate merger and acquisition of all time.
That’s according to CB Insights, which recently generated a list it called 0 Comments
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CFO Found Guilty in HP-Autonomy Case
Profile: Sharon Fisher
OMG. Can our long international nightmare be over? HP won a criminal case against Autonomy, the e-discovery vendor it bought in 2011 for more than $10 billion, of which it...
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Joe Tucci Finally Finds a Way to Retire From EMC, and Other Stories
Profile: Sharon Fisher
After years of on-again, off-again...
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HP Settles Autonomy Shareholder Lawsuit for $100 Million
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After months of trauma, HP has settled a shareholder lawsuit over its botched Autonomy deal for $100 million, in time to get it over with 0 Comments
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Pass the Popcorn: HP, Autonomy Going to Court
Profile: Sharon Fisher
In another installment of Law and Order, HP-Autonomy Unit, court documents have been released that HP intends to use to back up its $5.1 billion lawsuit against Autonomy for...
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The Breakup of the Great Ottoman Storage and E-Discovery Empires
Profile: Sharon Fisher
With this being the centennial of the start of World War I, and with what's going on in the storage industry lately, it isn't surprising if you're also being reminded of the decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire. Well, okay. Maybe only if you're a history buff. In case you were dozing in the...
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