The incident has attracted plenty of
discussion in the blogosphere on issues like the legal ethics of pretexting (from Legal Ethics Forum); whether HP
General Counsel Ann Baskins knew investigators were using pretexting and if she showed poor judgment in approving these measures (from WSJ Law Blog; see also the
ensuing comments), whether pretexting «is the HP Way and how outside counsel Larry Sonsini could have claimed that the investigation was lawful when it violated state law.