In October, California attorney general William Lockyer indicted former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and Kevin Hunsaker, a company lawyer who reported directly to ex-general counsel Ann Baskins. (Dunn and Hunsaker have pleaded not guilty.) So, why didn’t he indict Baskins for her role in the spying scandal that has engulfed the giant computer company?
Legal experts say prosecutors look at who had a direct link to a crime, usually through some hands-on act. And, in recent cases, some GCs have been too removed from the wrongdoing for prosecutors to go after them.
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