U.S. Joins HP Bribery Probe, Gibson Dunn to Advise. The fun just never stops on Wall Street.

Joe Warin, chairman of Gibson Dunn's Washington D.C. litigation department (photo by Christopher Matthews / Main Justice)

By Christopher M. Matthews | April 16, 2010 11:37 am

The U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have joined a widening German and Russian probe into potential bribes paid by Hewlett Packard Co. executives to officials in the Russian government, according to a Wall Street Journal story published Thursday (subscription required).

Citing “people familiar with the matter,” the Journal said that the DOJ and SEC were investigating whether the California-based computer manufacturer had violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

According to the article, a company spokeswoman said that HP had discussions talked to the SEC Thursday about the German investigation “and is fully cooperating with U.S. and German authorities on this matter.”...