Editor’s Note: Part 11 in an irregular series of stories from my many years in Silicon Valley. Part 10 talked about the time I left my job for a competitor and rescinded the offer. This time, a story involving industrial espionage, the SVP of HR and way too many lawyers. If I could show the leads from the lawyers’ lists were gone from our system, we’d be on a path to redemption. The day had started innocently enough. I was hosting our company’s public relations firm at the office, as ...
