Soon after settling a fraud suit filed against him by a former employee, Silicon Valley billionaire Thomas Siebel, founder and former CEO of Siebel Systems Inc., sued the woman's attorneys for malicious prosecution. But whether his suit is even allowed by law was the topic of serious debate Wednesday in the California Supreme Court. Some justices appeared to believe the settlement -- reached during appeal, after a jury had cleared Siebel on the fraud allegations -- left doubts about Siebel's innocence.
May 03, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Soon after settling a fraud suit filed against him by a former employee, Silicon Valley billionaire Thomas Siebel turned around and sued the woman’s attorneys for malicious prosecution.
But whether his suit — brought against a San Mateo, Calif., County judge and a former San Francisco Bay Area lawyer — is even allowed by law was the topic of serious debate Wednesday in the California Supreme Court.
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