Mark v. Hurd, Intervenor Below v. Ernesto Espinoza, Below, and Hewlett-Packard Company, a Delaware Corporation, Below

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the Court of Chancery's decision to unseal a letter concerning allegations against Hewlett-Packard's former CEO. The court held that Delaware law and Court of Chancery Rule 5 governed the sealing question, and that the intervenor failed to establish good cause because the letter contained no trade secrets, nonpublic financial information, or protected third-party confidential material.