Kleiner Perkins Partner Ellen Pao Sues Firm for Gender Discrimination Over Sexual Harassment

KPCB partner Ellen Pao has filed a lawsuit against her employer, alleging sexual harassment and a continuing pattern of gender discrimination against her and other women at the firm.
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“Uncomfortable Dance”: Here’s the Sexual Harassment Letter That Got Mark Hurd Fired

Here’s the entire letter. Yes, that letter.
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Mark Hurd Appeals Order to Release the Fisher Letter

Oracle President Mark Hurd has appealed a ruling by a judge in Delaware ordering the public release of a redacted version of the letter that brought an end to his tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, according to Bloomberg News. On March 17, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Donald Parsons Jr. ordered HP to release the letter as part of an ongoing shareholder suit against that company. Hurd’s lawyers have appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court. Hurd has argued that the letter, which contains contractor Jodie Fisher’s allegations of sexual harassment, is personal.

Judge: HP Can Re-Investigate Hurd Departure

A shareholder lawsuit seeking to get Hurd’s severance money back is on hold until the latest probe is complete.

Is This the HP Board That Will Allow Us to Stop Thinking About HP’s Board?

Drama in the boardroom at Hewlett-Packard during the last decade has often overshadowed the company itself. Perhaps yesterday’s sudden shake-up will bring that to an end.

HP Plans Another Probe Into Hurd Departure

A new set of independent lawyers may be tapped to revisit the circumstances of how Mark Hurd came to resign as the CEO of Hewlett-Packard, court filings show.

Mark Hurd Really Wants to Keep the Jodie Fisher Letter Private

Shareholders suing HP want to make public the letter that cost Hurd his job as CEO. He disagrees, and has asked a judge to let him become a party to the lawsuit.