SAN FRANCISCO — More than a dozen plaintiffs firms are jockeying for lead counsel appointments in shareholder litigation spurred by Hewlett-Packard Co.’s $8.8 billion write down of its acquisition of British software firm Autonomy.

At least seven derivative actions and three shareholder class actions have been filed in the Northern District of California and consolidated before U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco.

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