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    The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a document from Hewlett-Packard's internal investigation into former CEO Mark Hurd would remain sealed. The document was prepared by Covington and Burling law firm on behalf of HP. A HP shareholder had sued to access the document, arguing it was needed to investigate possible corporate wrongdoing, but the court found the shareholder did not prove the document was essential to his stated purpose. While the investigation did not find Hurd guilty of sexual harassment, it did uncover inaccurate expense reports meant to cover up his relationship with a former HP contractor.

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    The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a document from Hewlett-Packard's internal investigation into former CEO Mark Hurd would remain sealed. The document was prepared by Covington and Burling law firm on behalf of HP. A HP shareholder had sued to access the document, arguing it was needed to investigate possible corporate wrongdoing, but the court found the shareholder did not prove the document was essential to his stated purpose. While the investigation did not find Hurd guilty of sexual harassment, it did uncover inaccurate expense reports meant to cover up his relationship with a former HP contractor.

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    The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a document from Hewlett-Packard's internal investigation into former CEO Mark Hurd would remain sealed. The document was prepared by Covington and Burling law firm on behalf of HP. A HP shareholder had sued to access the document, arguing it was needed to investigate possible corporate wrongdoing, but the court found the shareholder did not prove the document was essential to his stated purpose. While the investigation did not find Hurd guilty of sexual harassment, it did uncover inaccurate expense reports meant to cover up his relationship with a former HP contractor.

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    NAME: NORBIE G. AVEN DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 2011
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    NOVEMBER 23, 2011
    By Chris Kanaracus , IDG News Service
    A document tied to an internal Hewlett-Packard sexual harassment investigation of former CEO Mark Hurd will
    remain sealed, according to a ruIing handed down this week by the Delaware Supreme Court.
    HP shareholder Ernesto Espinoza had filed a lawsuit seeking to inspect the document, which was prepared by the
    law firm Covington and Burling on HP's behalf.
    [ Keep up on the day's tech news headIines with InfoWorId's Today's HeadIines: Wrap Up newsIetter. ]
    The Delaware Chancery Court had already ruled against Espinoza on grounds his need to see the document wasn't
    sufficient enough to override "attorney-client privilege and work product immunity protections," the state supreme
    court said in its ruling, which was handed down Monday. "We affirm, but on the alternative ground that Espinoza has
    not shown that the Covington Report is essential to his stated purpose, which is to investigate possible corporate
    wrongdoing."
    Hurd resigned from HP in August 2010 and also reached a confidential settlement with a former HP contractor, Jodie
    Fisher. Shortly thereafter, he took a job as co-president of Oracle.
    Although the internal HP investigation did not conclude Hurd was guilty of sexually harassing Fisher, it found he had
    broken HP's business conduct standards and uncovered a "systematic" series of inaccurate expense reports meant
    to cover up his relationship with her, the ruling added.
    Hurd received a Iucrative severance package from HP. Espinoza had argued that if HP's board had reason to fire
    Hurd "for cause," then the payments shouldn't have been made, the court said.
    Chris Kanaracus covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The DG News Service.
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