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Judge Rules Oracle Failed To Produce CEO's E-mail

Daniel Fleshbourne   on 04 September 2008 - 10:51 · 3 comments & 1975 views

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A federal judge has ruled that Oracle destroyed or failed to preserve Chief Executive Larry Ellison's e-mail files sought as evidence in a class-action lawsuit filed in 2001 against the software maker. The suit seeks damages on behalf of Oracle shareholders who held the stock when it fell after the company reported disappointing results in 2001.

The lawsuit claims Ellison and other executives made false statements about the company's financial condition as well as the functionality of its Oracle 11i suite of business management software. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston also ruled that Oracle improperly failed to produce tapes and transcripts from interviews that a journalist conducted with Ellison in 2001 and 2002 as he gathered material to write "Softwar," a biography of the company's founder.

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#1 berz on 04 Sep 2008 - 12:23
The only time I ever met Larry Ellison, I felt like I was talking to a movie villain. This doesn't surprise me one bit.
#2 atari800 on 04 Sep 2008 - 21:07
When Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and myself were drinking at the local bar, I wanted to play one of those bartop video games. I said "Hey, I need a quarter"... They reply, "What the hell is a quarter?"

But seriously folks...
#3 benjaminwright on 05 Sep 2008 - 23:59
It is becoming routine for judges to punish companies for failing to retain e-mail. Enterprises have reason to archive all employee e-mail and IM centrally, and outside the control of individual employees. --Ben http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/07/...iscovery-e.html

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