H-P hired a law firm to do its own investigation and has exonerated Mr. Hurd of sexual harassment, saying he didn't violate H-P's guidelines, even while refusing to disclose Ms. Fisher's allegations or H-P's findings.
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As CEO, he attended meetings where H-P's plans for future products were discussed, H-P's lawsuit alleges.
Speaking at a conference Wednesday, H-P's interim CEO, Cathie Lesjak, said H-P's relationship with Oracle has been "strained" by Mr. Hurd's hiring.
As a result, H-P shareholders have no way of evaluating the validity of H-P's claim.
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Mr. Schultz, H-P's general counsel, said H-P was shown "significant documentation from former Autonomy executives refuting the allegations" of any accounting issues.
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H-P's board conducted an internal probe that concluded Mr. Hurd didn't violate the company's sexual-harassment policy.
Mr. Hurd holds deep knowledge of H-P's operations that could prove useful at Oracle.
H-P's board has faced a backlash for the lucrative severance granted its former CEO.
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Mr. Hurd "has put H-P's most valuable trade secrets and confidential information in peril, " the suit alleges.
Mr. Hurd was forced out last year in an incident that brought further criticism to H-P's board.
H-P's suit focuses on a confidentiality agreement, which restricts Mr. Hurd from disclosing sensitive information about his former employer.
H-P's lead lawyer in the suit is Allen Ruby, a San Jose, Calif.
So far this time, it appears the SEC isn't looking into H-P's disclosures around Mr. Hurd's resignation, people familiar with the matter said.
H-P's internal team was aware of talk about accounting irregularities at the time the deal was struck, people familiar with the matter have said.
H-P's board determined that the settlement scuttled their investigation of Mr. Hurd's and Ms. Fisher's relationship, a person familiar with the board's thinking has said.
Never mind that the PC business feeds H-P's more profitable businesses.
H-P's board has faced a shareholder backlash over Mr. Hurd's exit.
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The pair met in a conference room at H-P's Palo Alto headquarters, where the executive provided an outline of the alleged accounting fraud, Mr. Schultz said.
People familiar with H-P's board have said the board was unhappy Mr. Hurd reached a private settlement with Ms. Fisher, precluding the board from completing an investigation about the sexual harassment allegations.
While it isn't unusual for companies to sue departing executives to enforce exit agreements, H-P's suit Tuesday against Mr. Hurd is atypical in that former CEOs are rarely subject to such legal actions, experts said.
In part because of the pretexting experience, H-P's board conducted lengthy discussions over the summer on how to disclose Ms. Fisher's allegations, even before the board decided to dismiss Mr. Hurd, the Journal has reported.
Four years ago, the SEC chided H-P's board for failing to disclose that a director resigned after a dispute over the "pretexting, " or snooping into personal phone records, of board members and reporters by H-P contractors.
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