The row surrounding Hewlett-Packard has dominated the US
press for the past few weeks. There have been all sorts of
righteous editorials decrying the "free-wheeling" Silicon
Valley business practices that the nation thought it had
rid itself of when Enron went down the pan.

Given his importance in the Valley, it's no surprise that
California's most legendary lawyer, Larry Sonsini, should
find himself at the centre of it all.

See http://www.thelawyer.com/item/121982

New York Stock Exchange director Sonsini has been the
Valley's adviser of choice for decades, but his involvement
in the scandal surrounding HP and another client, Apple,
threatens his pre-eminence.

Sonsini has taken this threat so seriously that he has
hired one of the country's most legendary white-collar
crime lawyers, Michael Madigan of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer
& Feld. Madigan's reputation has been built in
Washington DC, going back to his role on the Senate
Watergate Committee in 1973.

It was then that Madigan acquired the nickname 'Mad Dog'.
Sonsini's reputation is on the line; no wonder he wants a
lawyer with some bite.

Source:www.thelawyer.com