Dunn HP pretexting charges [CA AG] News
Dunn HP pretexting charges [CA AG]

California v. Dunn, Superior Court of California, October 4, 2006 [California Attorney General's criminal complaint charging Patricia Dunn, former Hewlett-Packard chairperson, with the felonies of using false or fraudulent pretenses to obtain confidential information from a public entity, unauthorized access to computer data, identity theft, and conspiracy to commit those frauds, all arising out of the HP pretexting scandal]. Read the full text of the charges [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Titanic sinking precipitated multiple lawsuits

The Titanic sank early in the morning of April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Of 2228 passengers and crewmembers aboard, only 705 survived. The sinking gave rise to a variety of lawsuits against the White Star Line, the Titanic's owners.

Andrew Johnson sworn in after Lincoln assassination

On April 15, 1865, Vice-President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the seventeenth President of the United States, after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Johnson became the first US President to be impeached, but he was not convicted. Learn more about Andrew Johnson and his impeachment from the US Senate.