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California: H-P May Face Civil Charges

David A. Kaplan writes on Newsweek:

The attorney general of California may file civil charges as early as next week against Hewlett-Packard, NEWSWEEK has learned. Those civil charges would likely demand damages of at least several million dollars, says a law-enforcement official with knowledge of the office’s plans; the official requested anonymity because of the ongoing nature of the investigations. It is possible as well that HP could settle any possible civil claims before the A.G. goes to court.

The civil charges would be on top of the criminal charges the state filed Wednesday against HP’s former chairman, Patricia Dunn, and four others formerly associated with the company. All the charges stem from HP’s hacking of the personal phone records of HP directors, HP employees, journalists and others in an effort to discover who was leaking information to the press.

posted by Fergie @ 10/05/2006 09:12:00 PM