HP's Top Lawyer Back in Eye of Storm

Hewlett-Packard Co's HPQ top lawyer, Mike Holston, came to the company on the wings of a board spying scandal in 2006. He is now at the center of another storm, this time surrounding the ouster of his friend, Chief Executive Mark Hurd. As HP's general counsel, Holston's office helped direct the investigation into a sexual harassment claim against Hurd that was brought to the board's attention in June this year. Although the probe, carried out with outside counsel, deemed the sex harassment charge without merit, it nonetheless set the wheels in motion for Hurd's departure because it found that he had allegedly falsified expense reports to cover a relationship with a female marketing consultant. Holston became the public face of HP last week when he openly charged his boss with a "disregard for the values of HP of trust, respect, and integrity." To read the rest, head over to FOX Business.