8 posts and columns on deposition

HP to Oracle: Leave Léo Alone!

in News on November 13, 2010 at 1:00 am PT

David Boies’s call for Hewlett-Packard CEO Léo Apotheker to testify in its trial against SAP drew a quick response from HP, which continues to dismiss Oracle’s efforts to put him on the stand as harassment and nothing more.

Oracle Still Hoping to Snag HP’s Apotheker for SAP Trial

in News on November 12, 2010 at 3:10 pm PT

Hewlett-Packard describes Oracle’s efforts to subpoena CEO Léo Apotheker to testify in its trial against archrival SAP as “an effort to harass” him and “interfere with his duties and responsibilities.” But to Oracle, Apotheker is a central player in it and one it desperately wants to put on the stand. So much so, that Oracle attorney David Boies said today it may rest its case without showing Apotheker’s videotaped deposition in order to give itself more time to subpoena him to testify in person at the trial.

Objection: Mr. Ellison Is Referring to the Defendant as “Choleric of Temper” Again

in News on November 8, 2010 at 7:51 am PT

Beginning today, Oracle chief Larry Ellison has a new podium from which to verbally assault SAP and former CEO (and current Hewlett-Packard CEO) Léo Apotheker: U.S. District Court in Oakland.

Oracle Lands Early Shots in SAP Trial

in News on November 5, 2010 at 3:06 am PT

If SAP finds Oracle’s claim for $2 billion in damages in the pairs’ long-running legal battle to be excessive, the figures offered by former Oracle President Charles Phillips must seem outright profligate.

Ellison to Testify in SAP Case on Monday

in News on November 4, 2010 at 5:40 am PT

If there are to be any moments of courtroom spectacle in Oracle’s legal showdown with SAP and its now-shuttered TomorrowNow subsidiary they’ll likely occur on Monday, when Oracle CEO Larry Ellison testifies in his company’s copyright infringement case against SAP.

Oracle to HP CEO: Chicken!

in News on November 3, 2010 at 2:32 pm PT

Looks like Oracle CEO Larry Ellison was right. Hewlett-Packard has no intention of allowing its newly appointed CEO, and former SAP chief, Léo Apotheker to testify in the Oracle and SAP trial. In a statement issued moments ago, Oracle said it’s been unable to subpoena Apotheker.

Report: Leaked Emails Zing YouTube in Viacom Copyright Suit

in Media on October 6, 2009 at 6:17 am PT

Viacom has been rummaging through Google and YouTube records for more than a year as part of its $1 billion copyright lawsuit. Did it get what it was looking for? Maybe.
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The Limits of Steve Jobs’s Power: Even the Apple CEO Can’t Make Options Interesting

in Media on April 23, 2009 at 5:06 am PT

Congrats to the folks at Forbes for a journalistic coup: They’re the first media people to get their hands on sworn testimony Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave last year in a civil lawsuit. It is, as Forbes notes, “a rare look at Jobs in his own words.” Alas, Jobs in his own words, when he’s talking about options backdating, is just like anyone else: a snooze.
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